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Subject: Re: Making a homebrew board using QFN packages

From: "idaho_huckleberry" <dmiller45@...>
Date: 2006-01-30

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "idaho_huckleberry"
<dmiller45@j...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "derekhawkins" <eldata@m...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > You could reflow it in a wok.
> >
> > Toaster oven would be better. Saw a nice infrared convection
> toaster
> > oven with digital temperature display and controls, if only it
was
> > programmable.
> >
> >
> > > Solder paste is (relatively) cheap: $16
> >
> > That's $16.00 for 1.2 ounces BTW.
> >
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Young" <mikewhy@s...>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > You could reflow it in a wok. Solder paste is (relatively)
cheap:
> $16
> > at
> > >
> >
>
> You may be interested in an article that appeared in the Circuit
> Cellar magazine, July, 2004, Issue 168. The author described the
> circuits required to convert a toaster oven to a reflow oven,
> complete with profiles, and down loadable software.
>
> Dave Miller
>

Sorry, I was getting caught up after being out of town for a few days
and did not see that this had already been discussed.