William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > Are there any good lead-free solder/flux combinations for typical > hobbyist usage? I'd be willing to pay a "reasonable amount" extra > (say, up to $0.25/g in 100g quantities) for something with exotic > components (indium? Bismuth?) if it worked as well as ye old > 63/37 rosin-core solder with "generic" soldering irons... I have had great results with Kester Lead-Free 48: Wets and solders great with a generic iron, unlike a few others I've tried. I use that 0.020 size for SMD hand soldering and it works fine for me - though I mostly use pitches around SOIC, nothing really small. -- Timothy J. Weber http://timothyweber.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist