Re: Wico XY Pattern Generator - It's alive!

From: matt <galaga_at_slingshot.co.nz>
Date: Sun Mar 04 2012 - 01:33:49 EST

i love crystal flux 511 solder i use a weg to solder smt ic
SSC-X73A
 Drag Soldering Tip
 (Increased Tinned
 Area, .24~ 6.1mm)
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbsGU38P3Ta67BjpaG_c_lVc-IQVnMctXcJ6bU_bXqd9KZEQv3cg
a good heat and it just flow;s pin to pin

----- Original Message -----
From: <mit@sweeet.net>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Wico XY Pattern Generator - It's alive!

> >
>> It has been my experience that the general fear of SMT is all in people's
>> heads and it's over hyped. It's really not hard at all and once you
>> attempt it and succeed, you'll be wondering what all of the fuss was
>> about. There's nothing magical about SMT components. They are just
>> chips
>> and resistors and caps like you are used to. They are just a bit smaller
>> and they just don't have wires attached to them and they simply sit
>> directly on the pads. It's no big deal at all.
>>
>
> I agree. I'm a complete hack and I can handle most SMT soldering jobs.
> The guys at my job do everything by hand for small runs of boards with
> exception of BGAs. Though, I've done a few less dense BGAs in my toaster
> oven over the years.
>
> Mit
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