Hi, Wagner It is as simple as it gets... Buy them in syringes and use air pressure and time control. Easy to make your own and you only need a regulator to about 25 psi. Best regards, Alexandre Guimaraes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wagner Lipnharski" To: Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Hot air soldering = cheap was Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? > Scott Touchton wrote: > > Actually.... 450F for 2 min in a toaster oven works real well with the > > Kester 276 paste. > > > > Doing this right now in my basement, and I have a friend who owns a > > small electronic company that has done this for the last 10 years. > > > > Neat thing about small ovens is that they can really follow a nice > > pre-heat / reflow curve on their own! Start them out at 150F, then > > hit the power and let them ramp on their own. > > how do you apply the solder paste? stencil system? or the continuous stripe > over the pads with lots of solder paste? or other? > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads