Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-12 Thread Steve Meier
http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/electronics_mfg/electronic_handling/node_T8VK9BXQ8Mbe/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_8088DWF29Kge/gvel_RQ89J1RQDXgl/theme_us_ehpd_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html Bob Paddock wrote: >On Sunday 12 November 2006 02:27, Steve Meier wrote: > > >>To keep the b

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-12 Thread DJ Delorie
> Has anyone tried a toaster oven yet? Hotplate works OK for the larger parts (0201+) but I didn't have any more 01005's to test with. (yes, I now consider 0201's to be the "larger" parts. It's been a long project) Quite a few solder bridges on the ICs though, mostly because I had no mask so I

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-12 Thread Bob Paddock
On Sunday 12 November 2006 02:27, Steve Meier wrote: > To keep the board in place... try double sticky tape. > P.S. not my idea, I saw one engineer using it. That may be a *BAD* idea. Pull some Scotch Tape [TM] off of it's roll just as fast as you can, next to a Anti-Static meter. You can peg t

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-12 Thread Steve Meier
To keep the board in place... try double sticky tape. Steve M. P.S. not my idea, I saw one engineer using it. Chris Emerson wrote: >On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:20:53AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > >>Anyone get it working yet? Anyone? ;-) >> > >I've started trying to put one of mine together

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-11 Thread DJ Delorie
> I've started trying to put one of mine together, after buying some new > much pointier tweezers. Mine are needle tips, and they're still "big" compared to the 01005's. > 0402 is tricky, 0201 is hard but doable, but the 01005 are so small > that it's hard to actually tell if they're still there

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-11 Thread Chris Emerson
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:20:53AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > Anyone get it working yet? Anyone? ;-) I've started trying to put one of mine together, after buying some new much pointier tweezers. 0402 is tricky, 0201 is hard but doable, but the 01005 are so small that it's hard to actually tell

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-11 Thread DJ Delorie
> If you have European / UK Distribution set up, I'd like 1 or 2, and I > recall Peter B wanted 1 or 2 as well. Just to clarify: No matter what country you live in, if you want one, order them just like USA residents. I apologize if I didn't make that clear back when.

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-11 Thread DJ Delorie
> I would like 2 of them; is there any european redistribution set up > already? I'm just mailing them everywhere; the postage to other countries isn't that much, even all the way to Australia. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http:

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-11 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 00:20 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > 15 left... If nobody else here wants one, I'll post a message to > usenet to sell off the rest. If you want me to hold one for you, let > me know. If you have European / UK Distribution set up, I'd like 1 or 2, and I recall Peter B wanted 1

Re: gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-10 Thread Igor2
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, DJ Delorie wrote: > >15 left... If nobody else here wants one, I'll post a message to >usenet to sell off the rest. If you want me to hold one for you, let >me know. I would like 2 of them; is there any european redistribution set up already? ___

gEDA-user: smd challenge boards

2006-11-10 Thread DJ Delorie
15 left... If nobody else here wants one, I'll post a message to usenet to sell off the rest. If you want me to hold one for you, let me know. I found some 100k 0201's (marked with orange) left over, so if you're missing the 100k's let me know. Anyone get it working yet? Anyone? ;-) __