If you are a hobbiest, have you considered using the poor-man's reflow =
system of a toaster oven or even better the electric fry pan? I have =
used the fry pan method with SMD and have had good success. As a bonus =
the surface tension of the melting solder paste aligns the components =
with the pads much better than trying to do it by hand. Go to =
www.sparkfun.com and read the tutorials about both devices.

HTH

Vic
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Victor Fraenckel - The Windman        =20
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      Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
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"Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is =
governed?"
-Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620) to the young King Gustavus Adolphus

"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough=20
men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
-George Orwell

"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: =
that
all the dunces are in confederacy against him."   -Jonathan Swift


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