[sdiy] SDIY -vs RoHS - more

[The Old Crow]

  The other tool you need:

http://www.howardelectronics.com/jbc/DI3000-PA1200.wmv

  I have this DI3000 setup; it makes it so simple to do SMT.  You can
solder a dozen SMT resistors in the time it takes to do maybe two through
hole resistors.

Crow
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On Mon, 23 May 2005, Adam Schabtach wrote:

> I can imagine that I'll be able to solder SMT chips, having read various
> descriptions and watched the online video of the drag-soldering technique.
> But I'm looking at the resistors and caps on a PCI card that happens to be
> lying around, and I'm wondering how one solders those by hand. They're so
> teeny; how do you hold them in place while soldering them?