Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:45:40 +0200, Leon Heller  
<leon.heller@...> wrote:

>
>> Why don't you use paste and hot air? Works a treat, and gets the thermal
>> pad too if there is one.

> I've tried that, but I got shorts between the pads.

I've got bridges around the outside a couple of times, when i used too  
much paste. But they were easy to clean.


> The iron worked very well, I was quite surprised. A via works fine for  
> the
> pad, with PTH boards, by heating it up and feeding in solder. I suppose  
> the
> same technique could be used with a home-made PCB.

I drill a large hole and fill it with solder/copper braid. Taking care not  
to unsolder the thing.

ST