On Mon, 2 Jan 2012, andy pugh wrote:
> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:01:43 +0000
> From: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Surface-Mount
>
> On 2 January 2012 15:46, Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> wrote:
>
>> A hair dryer is close but a little too cool. A hot air gun (the type used
>> with
>> heat-shrink tubing) will work.
>
> OK, one has been on my "to-buy" list for a while, but so far the
> hairdryer has worked.
>
>> You will also want some solder paste
>
> I do have solder paste.
>
>> Carefully hand place
>> the part and heat from behind with the hot air gun.
>
> To add to the fun, I have back-mounted optos too..
That does add to the fun... I hope they are not back to back.
You can (somewhat) protect the parts from the direct hot air contact
with some aluminum foil
>
> I will see how I get on with the hot air gun.
>
> --
> atp
> The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply,
> wrong.
Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
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