[Boatanchors] SMT work

[Randall Berry]

I just bought an SMT rework station (hot air soldering station) a few 
months ago. I haven't used it on anything live yet but I've hosed with 
it on a dead board for practice. It works pretty well.

On 03/21/2014 07:50 PM, rbethman wrote:
> I have indeed using very fine tips on Ungar pencils replaced both
> capacitors and resistors.  Even managed to do a diode.
>
> Fine motor control is a necessary thing.  Doing this always makes me
> focus the concentration.
>
> I have a tester to test SMT capacitors, resistors, diodes, and LEDs.
>
> I have acquired a number of these SMT components, and go through them
> with the tester and sort them as the results indicate.
>
> I am NOT into being ready for a 100 pin IC.  Neither will I roll over
> and quit.
>
> I am not worrying about two decades from now.  I have worked on a
> Kenwood TS-930SAT with great success.  Some components are "discrete",
> others are SMT.
>
> It is a mixed bag.  The old girl is still up and running due in part to
> being creative in locating issues and finding a way to resolve them.
>
> Regards,
> Bob - N0DGN
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