[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[Craig Critchley]

Toaster SMT soldering does work, I've done it on one project.

You don't necessarily need a stencil, you can get paste in a syringe and
apply it manually. That's what I did. I got one of those magnifying desk
lamps so I could see what I was doing. You generally have to do a bit of
cleanup on fine-pitch devices to deal with shorts or open pins, but other
than that it's a fairly fast process.

					...Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Colin f
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:01 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....
> 
> 
> > Don't despair about having to use SMT parts...
> > 
> > Soldering SMT parts isn't that bad you just need the right toaster 
> > oven :-) You WILL NOT BELIEVE this article.
> > 
> > http://www.nutsvolts.com/PDF_Files/SMT.pdf
> > 
> 
> I dunno... looks like it just might work to me.
> 
> Colin f
> 
>