Well, for couple of SMD stuff it worth the effort of these kind of techniques for sure. I was just wondering that I may be a slow on this a bit but I can't produce faster than let's say 6 pieces in an hour soldering only one SOT23-6, a 0402 capacitor and 12 awg23 cables or connectors as a surface mounted ie to soldering pads by my bare hands. Most of the time spending with checking, double checking if there is a shortcut or open legs using a 6x and a 20x magnifier. So I was just thinking that a hotplate may not help on speeding this much further as I still have to do the QA? I would trust more on a company who has the proper machine, what do you recon? Thanks, Tamas On 11/24/06, Shawn Wilton wrote: > > You're not understanding. I don't hand solder either. I don't have the > patience. > > > On 11/23/06, Vitaliy wrote: > > > > Shawn Wilton wrote: > > > Oh man. I do NOT have the patience for doing a few hundred pads with > a > > > syringe... > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > > -- > > Shawn Wilton (b9 Systems) > http://b9Systems.com <- New web page > -- > 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