new way of soldering

[delshay]

i wonder how many of those who bought the new A1000 motherboard would try this to get the perfect result.

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http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm

[skurk]

I have a friend in Austria who does exactly this.  He says they have nothing but excellent results.  It takes a little practice (aligning the chips, the amount of solder etc) but they've done 100+ cards and all have been successful so far.

I love soldering, so I'll do my GBA1000 by hand though

[Firedawg]

That is what I call multi-tasking getting the burn-in done along with the soldering operation. :-o

[Hans_]

How about simply using a frying pan? Personally I like the toaster oven idea better, but I've never tried it.

Hans

[trekiej]

I have kept my eye on this technique for a while. I hope by the end of Sept. I will have my own reflow oven.

[shoggoth]

Since when did this become "a new way of soldering"? :-)

I would go for a wave solder tip and manual soldering instead. It'll probably go faster than dispensing tin paste, and you won't have to fix solder bridges etc. on the QFPs...

[weirdami]

I love soldering, so I'll do my GBA1000 by hand though

Game Boy Amigavance 1000!  :lol:

[Fester]

delshay wrote:
i wonder how many of those who bought the new A1000 motherboard would try this to get the perfect result.

*** NOT RECOMENDED ***

http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm

Well, if I can master this technique, I won't have to.

In any case, I have a toaster. :-)

[Dr_Righteous]

I'll stick with solder paste and a hot pen personally...

That's taking Video Toaster a little too literally for my tastes.

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@fester

WOW! That's insane! I love it!
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