Oh, Vancouver? As far as I know the weather is quite similar as in UK / Ireland not like in Calgary where my uncle was living till he died. That part of the world is one of the most beautiful place! Rockies, glaciers, BC Ice Fields or what was the name? Really nice :-) Tamas On 03/09/06, Dave King wrote: > > > > > :)) You're living in the US, right ? > > Don't worry, it's the country of choices indeed. > > I wish you a lot of fun playing with SMDs. > > > > Vasile > > > > P.S. Maybe you're interested to know a way of desoldering TQFP parts > > (for reusing) without hot air ? > > I'm on the left coast of Canada in British Columbia. Its not the end of > the world but you can see that from here. > > Unfortunately most of the specs for stuff I'm doing now is calling for > parts that are only smd. And every single part has to be ordered into > town. Makes for the odd headache when there is a time crunch. > > So what's the secret about doing TQFP's? > > Dave > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist