[sdiy] Re: SDIY Withdrawal Symptoms

[The Old Crow]

  AKA "drag soldering."  The crucial step is to not skimp on the flux.

http://www.howardelectronics.com/jbc/dragsoldering.wmv

  I have that setup, and the micro-tweezers.  Makes SMD work quite easy.

Crow
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On Wed, 11 May 2005, Paul Maddox wrote:

> for QFP/SOIC, Cover pads in flux, position the parts, solder ONE pin,
> check alignment, correct if needed. Solder pin at opposite corner,
> double check alignment. Cover the pins in flux, Load the miniwave tip
> with solder, Run the tip along the pins, Done, You go do 20 or so pins
> in a row like this in one pass of the miniwave.