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Subject: Re: starting with SMD

From: "eeks123" <eeks123@...>
Date: 2008-01-31

> Tacky enough that I have populated boards on both sides at the same
> time then stuck in the oven. The parts that went on the bottom side
> were smaller items like 0402 chip capacitors, but they did not go
> anywhere.
>
> Of course if you do that you will need to add feet to the board so it
> is not resting on the bottom.
>


amazing! when solderpaste gets liquid components should drop.. that's
a question i was making myself, is it possible to populate components
on both sides when reflow-soldering? i thought you had to hand-solder
components on the second side, if not, bad things would happen..