[sdiy] Solder paste and toaster ovens

[Peter Grenader]

A while back someone here spoke about flowing solder paste in a toaster
oven.

Anyone do this?  Would a heat gun work better or as well?  I'd like to avoid
putting whatever particulates the solder paste may spew into my toaster oven
so my bagels don't become carcinogenic!

My situation:

In a nutshell, I may have to solder an expensive NPN pair in a TO-71 can to
a board using solder paste so that I can get it down close enough to the
board surface soo it rests upon a chip resistor. Basocally - REAL low to the
board. Problem is, when the tranny is down that far I can't get to the leads
to solder them (non plated through holes).  OK - so...I thought I'd use
solder paste.  Problem is, if any of the leads of the tranny don't flow with
the paste, then I'm screwed because it's going to be impossible to get to in
there to do touch up.  THe secret of couse is to buzz it out before I clip
the leads in case I have to back up connections withwire on the other side
of the board, but of course I'd like to avoid that if possible.

\any help would be appreciated.

- P