>I was hoping to find someone locally with a laser cutter and get a few
>plastic ones cut. There seem to be a number of folks using mylar.
>
>> All this is fun stuff, but until one has a pick and place machine, it is
>> of fairly limited usefulness.=20

With practice, and a foot-pedal operated vacuum pen you can hand-place part=
s pretty quick - for
large numbers of the same part, with the tape stuck down you can get down t=
o a couple of seconds per
part.=20

>I already use paste, but manually.

A foot-pedal operated compressed air dispenser makes manual dispensing a lo=
t easier & faster -=20
pretty cheap :=20
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Solder-paste-glue-liquid-auto-dispenser-UKG-/22077422=
5532?pt=3DUK_BOI_Industrial_Supply_Material_Handling_ET&hash=3Ditem33672b56=
7c
or roll your own from pneumatics fittings.=20

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