Shawn Wilton wrote (top posting fixed):
>> > 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.

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

But you do have the patience to order the stencils, and wait for several 
days for them to arrive in the mail? Even for a small board, with only a few 
SMDs?

You're right -- I'm not understanding. :)

Vitaliy 

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