SMT: Actually, you can use your present soldering station if it is heat controlled, and just get a smaller conical 750 degree tip for the Weller, or Ungar lines. For home use, this works for 1206 components well enough. The secret is to not apply heat too long, you are not soldering like you did with leaded components and trying to melt a whole pad. You are "tacking" down the 1206 one end at a time after centering it on a pretinned pad.
A simple 25 watt iron could be used if you got or made a suitable tip of copper. A larger wattage iron might work well if you put a diode in series with hot side of AC line to limit the voltage and thus wattage. For simple projects, it is NOT necessary to use the hot air gun, or reflow solder tank. -Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
