- I just cannot get myself to put components into a hot oven when all that’s needed is to solder the leads.
- Hot plates are my poison, I don’t see any negative in them.
- As for getting solder paste on SMD pads, I have used a stencil but with my small quantities of PCBs, I use a home made solder paste dispenser.
- When it comes to I.C.s, just run a bead of solder paste down the toe of the leads, use hot air or drag soldering an iron to finish the job.
- I actually like hand soldering SMDs as seen in my example here.
- The actual process is faster than in the video as I had to do a a lot to keep the demonstration going.
