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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Thru Hole to SMD transition: How to and What to get

2014-07-30 by B Miller

You are correct, that part always gets me as I design the board and have them made, saves a lot of time when size matters and you want yo use 0402, 0603 & 0805 for the bulk of your work. FWIW, I have have good luck with Aoyue products, probably not upto Hakko but neither is the price. Not sure the power you will need but the brand has worked reliably since 2010 (before that it was just projects here and there, 2010 is when I really got into it making items. I know a lot of you have been doing this for 40 years plus, 2010 is all I can give you for reliability terms). If you decide to give Aoyue a try, http://sra-solder.com/ has what I consider good stock and prices.

Bob

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, qz9090@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Bob,
The lack of a soldermask and the fact that most of the work I do is repair, I'm not sure your methods will work for me. Thanks, though...



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