Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "marcelbernards"
<marcelbernards@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Moore" <prmoore@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a project where I will be soldering a large number of tssops 
> > and 44 pin plccs.  They boards already have the discrete smd's on 
> > them, top and bottom. I'm trying to figure out a way to quickly 
> solder 
> > a package. 

> There was an article in a recent Dutch elector mag about hacking a cheap
> small oven for reflow soldering smd packages. Nice project....
> 
> I tried putting a PCB on a very hot iron upside down and that seems to 
> work too. It depends on the soldering paste quality used. (low melting 
> temp)
> I bought a small amount (+/-300g) at a local electronics dump store ($5)
> Some others suggest a cheap electric cooker and drop the PCB on that 
> for a short while.

There is a Yahoogroup on the subject of using toaster ovens for this
sort of thing. Look through the archives and files there.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z_Bake/?yguid=75167566

There is also an article in a past Seattle Robotics newsletter on the
same thing, and I seem to recall someone mentioning an article in Nuts
N Volts.

Steve Greenfield