On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak<k...@familieknaak.de> wrote: > > Avoid small tips. Soldering is so much easier if the tip is short and > broad. Its all about heat flow. A small tip has a hard time to heat a pad > connected to a ground plane. Use the largest tip that fits between the > pins. 3.5mm is good for 0805 SMD parts. >
Well said. Tiny tips and tiny solder are the wrong approach. Regards, Mark markra...@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markra...@midwesttelecine.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user