[sdiy] SMD soldering video

[Eric Brombaugh]

John Mahoney wrote:
> I just saw this video on soldering an SMD using solder wick:
>     http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/smd_soldering_video.html
> 
> What I don't get is why the solder is being applied directly to the 
> wick, and I wondered if you could apply solder to the SMD's pins and 
> then wick off the excess. Seems like it might waste less solder, if 
> nothing else.

That's the guys at Spark-Fun - they're good folks!

Here's the page with all the explanation and more videos:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=SMD-HowTo-7

The basic idea seems to be that you use the wick to distribute the 
solder to all the pads, then use more wick to draw off the excess.

Eric