[time-nuts] I love the smell of tantalum in the morning
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Sat Nov 5 19:55:55 UTC 2016
tvb at LeapSecond.com said:
> Having not done SMT before, how should I do it with minimal risk to the
> very precious PCB. Or, what equipment should I use this as a good excuse
> to buy?
If you can get at it, 2 soldering irons, one on each end, works reasonably
well. When both ends are melted, just push the part out of the way.
Small/light things like 0805 resistors will frequently stick to one of the
tops by surface tension of the liquid solder.
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