From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 17:58:55 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A65F41F0148; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:58:55 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <16.007DE42D@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:44:44 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 2614 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:44:33 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 6869; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:43:19 -0500 Received: from *unknown [199.185.220.240] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:43:18 EST X-Warning: mitvma.mit.edu: Host *unknown claimed to be priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net Received: from telus.net ([207.6.64.106]) by priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20021116013905.VBPC29231.priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net@telus.net> for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 18:39:05 -0700 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3DD502E6.319C@ezy.net.au> <3DD57579.E581CD5D@3mtmp.com> <3DD562C5.2E66E6CA@telus.net> <3DD59A37.AF7FB6C1@3mtmp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <3DD5A204.971960F5@telus.net> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:40:21 -0800 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: David Harris Subject: Re: [EE] Hot air soldering = cheap was Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600760 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 000007ba-0000 I suggest you back through the PICLIST archives, I think there was lots of discussion. Also, you might be interested in the "toaster oven for SMT" stuff --- look at: E-Z_Bake@yahoogroups.com Its really quiet, but people were baking boards successfully -- I think we are still waiting for the definitive project with a PIC based temperature profiler/controller. David Josh Koffman wrote: > Ah...thank you for the link! I never would have known about the steel > wool. At least I know I wasn't the only one who thought it worthy enough > to try. Anyone actually succeed with this design? Any suggestions about > solder paste? Keep them simple as I've never used it before :) > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > > David Harris wrote: > > The originator did descibe putting some steel wool into the nozzle to help > > the air heating. This is described at the parent page: > > http://www.usbmicro.com/apps.html which is html and includes the pictures. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- David Harris OmniPort Home Page: http://www3.telus.net/OmniPort1/ Discussion egroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OmniPort Swiki: http://omniport.swiki.net/1 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.