> So I was wondering...has anyone here tried either technique? Any
> advice or comments?

I have done a few 100's of boards in my toaster oven. I added a=20
temperature profile controller ( pt1k sensor). The result needs some=20
checking, probably because my oven has no fan.

For hand-pnp I use a curved metal tweezer. I tried some cheap suction=20
type thingies but they are no good.

The smallest pinned chips on my boards are FT232RLs, which sometimes=20
requires removal of excess solder. Probably because I use a very cheap=20
stencil, which I should replace by now.

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