You're not understanding.  I don't hand solder either.  I don't have the
patience.


On 11/23/06, Vitaliy <piclist.account@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Shawn Wilton wrote:
> > Oh man.  I do NOT have the patience for doing a few hundred pads with a
> > syringe...<cringe>
>
> Have you ever tried it?
>
> It sounds scary, but consider that it's faster than soldering the same
> number of pads. And 300 pads at 1 second/pad is only 5 minutes. FINE, do
> it
> *very* slowly and carefully at first, 3 seconds per pad. Still only 15
> minutes.
>
> Doing fine-pitch ICs is the easiest of all: you don't apply the paste to
> each pad individually, just squeeze it toothpaste-style from pad 1 to pad
> 20.
>
> Vitaliy
>
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