He was using it lying down and with a insert to hold the boards. The insert would position the board about centered between top and bottom heating element. KreAture ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wagner Lipnharski" To: Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: SMT soldering > Kyrre Aalerud wrote: > > Do it like one at my university then... > > > > He used a standard toaster. (The kind with bread popping out...) > > Then he found the right timing for the board to heat up and solder to > > melt with the dial on the toaster. Now he could repeat it every time. > > > > The funny part was when he took another toaster to make another unit. > > He didn't disable the carridge-spring! The board was jolted out by > > the spring-system and all components were like a jumble! It looked > > like someone had random-mounted the board. > > It still hangs on the wall at the university. Very cool. > > > > KreAture > > > I am talking about toaster OVEN, not bread toster with vertical pockets. > I wonder how one could make sure the vertical position would not melt the > solder and make all components slide down... :) Or they are using the > vertical pockets lay down on the table... > > Wagner. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body