On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > I have done a few 100's of boards in my toaster oven. I added a > temperature profile controller ( pt1k sensor). The result needs some > checking, probably because my oven has no fan. Good to know that it works! > For hand-pnp I use a curved metal tweezer. I tried some cheap suction > type thingies but they are no good. Ok, seems like I'm on the right track so far. > The smallest pinned chips on my boards are FT232RLs, which sometimes > requires removal of excess solder. Probably because I use a very cheap > stencil, which I should replace by now. I was also considering doing hand application of the paste. I currently apply past from a syringe and then hand solder. If I apply a lot on a fine pitch device I occasionally get a bridge, but not that often. I think the quickest solution is the stencil though, it'll save me from having to mess with making many many tiny dots of solder. Josh --=20 A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -Douglas Adams --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .