Hot air does not move the parts because they are held by surface
tension of the solder.
To solder single sided boards I have found the "skillet" or "hotplate"
method very convenient.
Sparkfun has good SMD tutorials, search with google for them.
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:53 PM, acidblue <sunblaster5@...> wrote:
> Looking for tutorials on toaster method of soldering smd parts.
> Any advice on soldering smd parts would be appreciated.
> I do not want to hand solder them!
> However using hot air to solder IC's looks fairly easy, was wondering though would that work for smaller parts like smd led's and caps?
> Wouldn't the air move the smaller parts?
>
> Whats a good hot air solder station, that won't break the bank?
> The toaster method sounds like the easiest, but would like to see or read a tutorial.
>