No I have been using paste stencil and hot air reflow. It is ok but I end up with pins to fix up.
Never too old to learn! On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Josh Malone <josh.mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh wow! Have you been soldering each pin on the REX boards so far? > > I'm a huge fan of the T18-C tips (on my Hakko) > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:44 PM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Brian suggested on Facebook to watch a video on drag soldering and am I > ever glad I did. > > I learned that I have been using the wrong tip to solder with! > > I went out yesterday and bought a wide flat tip for my iron, and I tried > to do drag soldering exactly like I saw on youtube. > > Wow what a difference! > > I built about 18 or so REX#/REXCPM today with 100% first pass yield, and > much less assembly time. very cool. > > > > What I found was really interesting was that as you sweep the iron along > the row of pins, you set up a "wave" of solder that reflows across the > entire pin and pad. > > > > Wish I had figured this out ***LONG AGO***!!!! Great tip Brian. > > > > Steve > > >
