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Subject: Re: 4 Layer

From: "javaguy11111" <javaguy11111@...>
Date: 2004-06-20

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Markus Zingg <m.zingg@n...>
wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:07:29 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Markus Zingg <m.zingg@n...>
> >wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:42:10 -0400, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Although it's clear that such a PCB can't hold up the same as one
> >made
> >> with predips and a hot press, they hold very well. In practize
(and
> >> that's honestly all that's important to me) they are usable the
very
> >> same way as any other board. I.e. no troubles whatsover with
> >drilling,
> >> applying thin, soldering or whatever.
> >
> >When you solder, do you reflow solder in an oven or only use an
iron.
> >My concern is that the board could delaminate in an oven.
>
> Due to the lack of a reflow oven, I solder so far exclusively with
an
> iron, hence you're probably right that it could happen in an oven.
Try
> it out and see what happens! I would apreciate to hear feedback from
> you once your there.
>
> Markus

One of these days I will do multilayer. Biggest problem is having a
place to setup a PTH station. It will be a while before I have a place
where I can do something like that.
I do not use a "real" reflow oven, but my cheap little toaster oven
does a pretty good job of pretending to be one.:)