Homebrew PCBs

On 03/11/2010 05:11 PM, William Laakkonen wrote:
>I wonder why so many are doing solder-paste screens, etc for
> small lots. Faster to hand solder them IMO. Of course, if you want to spend
> the time making it more complicated than it need be...

In my case, if I need a paste stencil for a QFN-EP anyway, I'll include 
all the other parts and do it that way.  Plus, for lots of SMT parts on 
a board, it can be faster to put all the paste down at once, place all 
the parts onto the paste, and reflow it.