RE: Off Topic: How to manually solder SMD chips?

[Steven Ciciora <ciciora@Ciciora.com>]

http://www.RadioShack.com has on sale, for $5.88, catalog # 910-3705
Solder Value Pack.  

"Solder Value Pack
Flux pen, flux solder,
tip thinner, precision braid, vacuum handling tool,
plus 1 lb. of solder free! 910-3705 Reg 14.95"

I found the Flux Pen (dispenses liquid flux) most useful, and the tip
tinner useful as well.  Can always use more solder and unsoldering braid.
I've done a lot of surface mount stuff by hand with this flux pen.

- Steven Ciciora

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Marteney, Steven J. wrote:

> Believe it or not, if you can acquire solder flux in liquid form, you spread
> that over all the pins on the device.  Probably a good idea to tack solder
> one or two pins.  Then with the liquid solder flux all over the place...
> start soldering.  This method will quickly solder down a large device but
> does not guarantee that no pins will be shorted.  Did this with a 208 pin
> PQFP, had to go back over it with a magnifier to look for solder shorts and
> fix them with a fine pitch iron.
> 
> Kind of hard to explain in words, but to my amazement, it worked.
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jose Carlos Felicio Rublescki [mailto:rublesck@portoweb.com.br]
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 9:41 PM
> To: gmecm@diy-efi.org
> Subject: Off Topic: How to manually solder SMD chips?
> 
> 
> Hi. Sorry this is off-topic.
> 
> Does anyone have experience in manually soldering SMD chips?
> How can I solder without inadvertedly connecting several pins together?
> 
> Jose Carlos
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