But the wife n kids complain about the 0201 parts that get left over in the eggs on Sunday morning.....I said...isnt that just pepper? Vic Fraenckel wrote: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 ________________________________________________________ Victor Fraenckel - The Windman victorf ATSIGN windreader DOT com KC2GUI Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite Read the WIND "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 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 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist