[sdiy] smt placement and soldering..

[Toby]

chrisgr at shaw.ca wrote:

I'd also recommend some liquid flux.  Dab a little on all the pads before
placing the part and it helps the solder to be sucked cleanly into the
joint.  It also helps to stick the part in place while soldering.
 
- Chris Graham

I would recommend a good set of non-magnetizable and solder resistant
tweezers (ceramic if you can afford them), either a magnifier hood (~$5)
with good lighting or lighted lamp/magnifier ($60-$120)), a good soldering
iron, as fine pitch solder as you can afford (0.020" is cheap, 0.015" and
0.010" is expensive but better), lots of solder wick both narrow and wide
and a lot of round wood tooth picks.
 



don't forget a good solder sucker.  they're invaluable.  I found them to
work great instead of wick.  Of course not everybody can afford them.

t
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Distrust those who profess altruism.

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