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What is with the obsession with hand soldering everything? I did all of the pre-production prototyping for a startup several years ago using low temp solder pas
by learc83 8y ago
What is with the obsession with hand soldering everything? I did all of the pre-production prototyping for a startup several years ago using low temp solder paste, laser cut stencils, and a hotplate.
It was way easier than trying to solder everything by hand. I started out only using the hotplate for the stuff I couldn't get in a through-hole package, but I eventually moved almost everything over to SMD.
- vidarh 8y ago> What is with the obsession with hand soldering everything? My guess it is because it's the only thing a lot of people who are not used to doing hardware (like me) has dabbled with, and so it looks simpler/easier on the surface.
- Filligree 8y agoAlso, they may have a soldering iron. They do not have this other stuff.
- DanBC 8y agoIsn't what you did hand-soldering? Sure, you didn't pick up an iron and wire solder, but still. You can see how that's a lot more hand-soldered than a board which is pasted by machine, then fed into a pick and place machine, then fed into an oven.
- learc83 8y agoIn my experience, hobbyists always use "hand soldering" to mean using a soldering iron, which is how I was using the term.