Tamas, try to solder manually 50 pcs of 0201 one near each other and a
few 0.4mm pitch 40 pin IC and tell me your discover.
:)
I already discovered "the thing" a few time ago...
Vasile

On 10/15/06, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Incidentally, I was hand soldering SOT-23-5s the other day. As others have
> > mentioned, you'd be amazed what you can do with hand soldering!
>
> Totally agree with that! I have never done it before, but made a 100%
> success to solder 6pcs of PIC 10F200 (SOT-23-6). I just put the solder to
> the pads before the component, then held the chip with a tweezers and just
> melt the solder under each legs by just touching it with the tip of the iron
> for no more than 1-2 secs. The whole process is made under a 6x magnifier
> glass which is just enough to see everything fine. I would say is a bit less
> hassle then the DIP soldering. Amazing :-)
>
> Tamas
>
>
> On 14/10/06, Marc Nicholas <geekything@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Brusque:
> >
> > Go to Walmart and buy the cheapest hotplate you can find that goes > 200c.
> > Pref 225-250c as a lot of solder paste has a thermal profile that doesn't
> > reflow properly until ~210-220c.
> >
> > I'm using a cheap (CDN$20) hotplate I got at Canadian Tire (Canadian
> > discount chain). I also have a Fischer-Scientific lab hotplate with
> > ceramic
> > plate (even heat distribution), but I'm preferring the hotplate as:
> >
> > - It doesn't have a magnetic strirrer built-in!!! (Read: I don't really
> > like
> > cooking SMT/SMD parts next to magnetics)
> > - The hotplate has a lipped side -- less chance of accidentally
> > side-swiping
> > a hot part off of it.
> >
> > Incidentally, I was hand soldering SOT-23-5s the other day. As others have
> > mentioned, you'd be amazed what you can do with hand soldering!
> >
> > -marc
> >
> >
> > On 10/14/06, brusque@hotpop.com <brusque@hotpop.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >      at the link bellow, they talk about using an electric hotplate for
> > > SMT soldering:
> > > http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-hotplate.htm
> > >
> > >      I'm amazed by this. Seend to be a very cool (well, hot actually
> > > <grin>) way to solder SMT boards.
> > >
> > >      I know that there's some very interesting industrial hotplates with
> > > larger and more uniform heating areas and digital heating control.
> > >
> > >      Is there anybody here using hotplaters for SMT soldering? Any idea
> > > where can I buy a good one in Brazil or USA?
> > >
> > >      Best regards,
> > >
> > >      Brusque
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