MOTM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@...>
Am I being too cautious or does this seem like a 
reasonable concern?   I realize that this probably 
doesn't concern someone who is 'good' at soldering,
but is this a practical approach for novice solderers?
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I am intentionally over caution when soldering chips
directly to the PCB.  Maybe more than I need to be.  I
have never fail one soldering it in (well we won't mention
that time I stupidly soldered them in backwards).

But, I always solder the two corner pins and let the chip
cool wheil I go to 2 corner pins as I insert the next chip until 
I have them ALL on the PCB.  Then I go back and solder two
more pins on each one, rotating through so each chip gets 
some "heat rest" as I make my rounds.  I do this until I have all 
pins soldered.

Now, I do not claim this to be "the correct way" or any other such
nonsense.  However, it is how I do it and it has served me well for
some period of time (age not being disclosed).  :)
Larry