[sdiy] Need help with a SMD kit (OT?)

[Adam Inglis]

> On 19 Jul 2017, at 9:08 PM, Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
> And to encourage anybody hesitating to enter SMT world, here's a picture of soldering job done by 6-years old little girl. TSSOP16 (0.65mm pin pitch), SAC305 lead-free solder, 1.2mm bent chisel tip, RMA-7 flux gel:
> http://www.synthdiy.eu/files/linkowyscalak.jpg <http://www.synthdiy.eu/files/linkowyscalak.jpg>
> It's so easy a child could do it. OTOH you need also child eyes, but then a microscope comes handy.
> 
> Roman


WOW! That’s impressive to me (who’s a TH guy only, so far..).. but if I didn’t have my age-related presbyopia, a lot of other things would be so much easier as well!

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> 
> W dniu 2017-07-19 o 11:48, mark verbos pisze:
>> I’m with Roman. Sure, I have hot tweezers, hot air, a pick and place
>> machine….
>> 
>> But I switched entirely to SMD about 10 years ago. Initially used 1206
>> passives. I will NEVER go back. It takes way more time to assemble
>> through hole, with all the flipping the board over and parts falling
>> out/sticking up too high. The PCBs are way more cramped and annoying to
>> layout in TH. I build all of my prototypes with mostly 0603 passives by
>> hand using nothing more than a fine tipped iron. Also, I use lead free,
>> organic water clean flux. I wash the PCB with hot distilled water and
>> the results look like a professional machine built PCB. I don’t mess
>> with breadboards, I just go from a drawing to a PCB. When something
>> needs to be reworked, I use wire-wrap wire and hang parts off the board.
>> Then make the changes to the PCB file for the future.
>> 
>> Do a few projects with it, and you’ll never go back. I promise.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 1:58 AM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca
>>> <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> SMD was developed for robots.  I don't feel a need to hone a skill to
>>> compete with a robot, thanks.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 18 Jul 2017, at 22:23, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca>
>>>> <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> This post sums up why I simply will not do SMD by hand.  Not...
>>>>> worth... the... frustration.
>>>>> 
>> 
>> 
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