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Simao Cardoso <simaocardoso@...> writes:

> Was posted here before an url by a member with his impressive photos
> of solder stencils made just drilling holes on a metal sheet in the
> center of each pad. Unfortunately didn't saved the url to find it
> now.

I did that for one board I made, it worked fine. But it doesn't work
for me with 0.5mm pitch TQFPs because my drills aren't small enough.
And it's faster to do it with etch if there are a lot of holes to
drill.