[sdiy] SDIY -vs RoHS - more

[Metrophage]

I have seen a variety of tweezers which are supposed to be for
positioning of SMT components. Quite a few choices in soldering tips
and placement tools. Having only soldered a few SMT pieces myself, I
just positioned them be hand with a drop of cyanoacrylate gel. Once the
pieces were in place, the pins were not difficult to solder. Some SMT
stuff does get VERY SMALL though!

CJ


--- Adam Schabtach <adam at studionebula.com> wrote:
> > Larger SMT parts soldering is NOT that bad, in cases it's
> > *easier*
> > than through hole. 
> 
> 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?
> 
> --Adam
> (Ordered a spiffy new Weller soldering iron just days before this
> thread
> started)
> 
> 
> 


		
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