How about a solder stencil and toaster oven SMT? -marc On 28/4/03 22:00, "Picdude" wrote: > Well hello again Dave, > > Hmmm... specific implementations aside temporarily, I've got apparently > similar usage questions as the original poster of this thread. Tell me if > this is the correctly assumed process ... melt solder in pot, brush flux on > PCB bottom, populate components, clip leads, dip board in for a few seconds, > then remove flux... ? > Sounds difficult to just get the bottom of the PCB wet with solder -- doesn't > that pose a problem if solder gets on the top? And I'm sure all components > can't be dunked in, so some must be done later, but wouldn't the solder bath > plug up the holes? > > The dross stick seems logical to skim off the oxidation from the top. > > Now if you can do this in a frying pan, what sort of temps do you use? > > BTW, 5 seconds sounds like a long time. I would imagine 2-3 seconds being > quite enough. > > If you need a wave, perhaps you could modify one of these... > http://www.lavalites.com/wave.html > :-) > > Alternately, perhaps all you need is some sort of very simple lever device, > which crosses over the pot and has clips to hold the board about midway. The > long end of the lever would give you more precise control over how much the > board is lowered. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > On Monday 28 April 2003 20:16, Dave King wrote: >> At 05:09 PM 28/04/03, you wrote: >>> Were there ever any responses to this? I never saw any, and can't find >>> anything in the archives, but am very curious about using solder pots. >> >> You mean like a old electric frying pan some aluminum angle and a push >> stick and a dross stick???? >> >> All the boards I'm doing are small about 2x3" but I need to do about 500 of >> them. >> I'm just waiting for the boards to show up to try it. >> >> The angle needs just enough of a bend to get the board onto the minicus of >> the solder >> and about a 5 second push through is all it takes (or should). If I could >> work out a >> way to produce a wave it would make things easier too. The only thing I can >> think of >> trying is a perforated steel rod on the bottom of the pan with a nitrogen >> bottle supply. >> >> Like I said I don't know if this is going to work or if its a nifty >> sculpture. I looked all over >> for info on building a wave machine. Found a few on Ebay for about $400 but >> they were >> in Florida which would have been a killer for shipping. >> >> Dave > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas Geekythings Inc. C/416.543.4896 UNIX, Database, Security and Networking Consulting -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics