Ham Radio Homebrew Informations: Re: [HamBrewers] SMT soldering

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Re: [HamBrewers] SMT soldering

Hello Todd,

Thanks for the interesting videos and info. At 65+ my days of fine homebrewing are behind me. I wish I were at least five years younger. I was trying to get the job done, for a price of course.

73 and a very Happy new Year

- Hari

From: Todd F. Carney <carneytf@gmail.com>
To: HamBrewers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [HamBrewers] SMT soldering

Hari,

Here's a really good video on soldering SMTs by hand:

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/11/09/professional-techniques-for-hand-soldering/

By the way, you ought to check out the Dangerous Prototypes site. They have lots of great open-source stuff. Here's another tutorial on SMT from SparkFun:

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/36

And another from Make Magazine:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/circuit-skills-surface-mount-device.html

You might also search YouTube. I've seen a number of videos there on using toaster ovens and hot plates to reflow SMT circuit boards.

Enjoy!

Todd
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Hari Rao <vu2gz@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have to solder a small pcb. While I can manage the thru' hole components I need help in soldering three SMT chips and few components. Any solutions in Bangalore?

-Hari