Homebrew PCBs

> I routinely use 0805 and don't have problems with 0603, although I'm 
> 63. I do need to use plenty of magnification, sometimes a microscope 
> is necessary.

Thought I would need a microscope for placement and soldering of 0402s 
but my 5X magnification visor works just fine after a bit of practice. 
Provided you're definitely hand soldering and not reflowing, a "trick" 
to use for easy visual placement of these small components is not to 
use standard reflow pad layouts. Instead, import them into your library 
editor, modify them accordingly and save as new HS (or whatever) 
layouts.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@b...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> I routinely use 0805 and don't have problems with 0603, although I'm 
63. I 
> do need to use plenty of magnification, sometimes a microscope is 
necessary.
> 
> Leon
>