Homebrew PCBs

Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> writes:

> The six minutes warmup time is what frightens me off, I know it is
> only at peak temperature for a much shorter period but still....

Seems to work OK for me.  Given it starts at room temp, not all of the
six minutes is "hot".

> Now, how to go about doublesided SMD soldering on a hotplate? Would it
> work to prop the board up by the corners with spacers and just let the
> heat rise into it? I've seen commercial hotplates that have kind of a
> lid to trap heat like in a small oven.

You can do double sided in an oven, but for hotplate, I just manually
solder the few back-side parts.