>motivated by the Nuts and Volts article I went out and bought a $29
>Black and Decker toaster oven, and then from Digikey some of the
>syringe solder paste ($40, you need the syringe plunger too).
>
>I am using something which appears like a dental pick to apply a
>small dab of the solder paste on the pad, then carefully place the
>device on the pads using a fine tweezer. I find it conventient to
>squeeze a bit of the paste onto the ground plane of the board.
>
>toast for a couple minutes at 450 degrees or so -- something like 2
>to 3 minutes -- the only problem seems to be that if you remove the
>board too quickly the parts can slip around a bit when the solder is
>hot.
>
>if you are careful the process works beautifully.
>
>i've posted this on www.diyaudio.com, so far no takers.
I would have loved to take a look at this, but what a stupid forum! No
chance to find a post efficiently! Do you have a way for me to
identify your post? And - I figure it's a video - no?
TIA
Markus