Hi all. Just as an update, I have been experimenting (as I have had time), and so far I'm doing fairly well. I had a stencil cut locally out of mylar, which works nicely. I'm running the toaster manually as I don't have a fancy temperature control yet. The boards are coming out quite nice. The only thing going a bit weird is that I often end up with a sort of ring or halo of solder balls around some of my pads. I have read that this could be caused by dried out paste, but mine is fresh. Has anyone else ever run across this? What did you do to fix it? Thanks! 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 .