On Saturday 15 October 2016 02:55:39 Chris Albertson wrote: > Actually it's easy. You use a hot air re-work station. Basically a > hair drier with a 1/8th inch diameter nozzle. > Hold the little part in place with a wood tooth pick and aim the hot > air generally at the part. The solder on the part and the PCB melt, > release the toothpick and surface tension then aligns the part on the > PCB pad before the solder resolidifies. You can do it with a solder > iron but it's harder. Hot air stations have gotten cheap, as low as > $40.
Already have one, sitting about 3 feet away ATM. :) > > > They are cheaper than the through hole caps that I normally > > > buy. Hand soldering them will be a royal PIMA! > > > > At .2mm x.4mm, you have that right, the pain will be in My Ass. My > > hands are just starting to get nervous, Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
