On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:45:40 +0200, Leon Heller
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leon.heller@...> wrote:
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>> Why don't you use paste and hot air? Works a treat, and gets the thermal
>> pad too if there is one.
> I've tried that, but I got shorts between the pads.
I've got bridges around the outside a couple of times, when i used too
much paste. But they were easy to clean.
> The iron worked very well, I was quite surprised. A via works fine for
> the
> pad, with PTH boards, by heating it up and feeding in solder. I suppose
> the
> same technique could be used with a home-made PCB.
I drill a large hole and fill it with solder/copper braid. Taking care not
to unsolder the thing.
ST