Homebrew PCBs

> Hi Eeks, welcome!
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> For soldering, I've found it's faster to use a toaster oven than a
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> hot-air-gun or hot-air-soldering station. With an oven you can do
several
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> boards or a whole panel at once. For desoldering, a hot-air-desoldering
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> station is good.
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>

thank you! i think reflow soldering will be the best too. when etching
pcb's i try to make several at a time to avoid wasting chemicals.
soldering each smd component on each board seems to be a little bit a
torture.. and for dry-film laminating you need an oven too, and to dry
moisture sensitive components. i think it's worth investing in a cheap
oven :)




> Without soldermask is fine. Make sure you use plenty of gel flux when
> 
> soldering.


solderpaste has already flux, is it necessary to add more? i wanted to
try for my first time flux (water based no-clean seems the best one)
but thought it isn't necessary if the solderpaste already has..



> Check out my site http://www.SuperSolderingSecrets.com
<http://www.supersolderingsecrets.com/> 
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> Also some articles at
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> http://supersolderingsecrets.com/articles.html
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>  


you have a great website! i've been reading article 5, the others talk
about hand soldering, something i'll try to avoid if possible :)


thank you for the advices and all the info anthony


regards