SMD Work

[Orin Eman]

> side. Not too bad. The SMD dips were a bit harder, but what I did was to
> take a small piece of tape over the top an tack the end two down, then
> remove the tape (adjust position if need be) then start hitting the rest. A
> good too would be one of those solder suckers, and/or solder wick for the
> blobs that could build. Not that bad, just getting my vision back after all

Gives me a sore neck.  Taping it down worked fairly well for the 8 pin SMDs.
I tin the pads, add a little flux, then a touch of the iron on each
lead melts the solder and it's done.  Solder Wick is essential; the vacuum
solder sucker is just too big!

> the squiniting of parts. Oh, get extra parts if possible, as them small
> things get away pretty easy. A nice clean, white work area is required! Now
> the 332 would be a bit more difficult...

No way would I try that... 

Orin.