I have solder paste in a syringe. Dab a bit of paste on every pad, place parts, heat it up on a hotplate. Works like a charm, but you have to manually solder the other side's SMTs. Even then, I dab paste, place part, hold part down with something and touch both ends with the iron to melt the paste.
For larger boards, I usually make a stencil for the paste and put it on that way. It's not much more accurate, but it's a lot faster. For bridges, just use a bit of copper braid to remove it. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user