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I just use soldering iron, splurge some flux and hope for best. I should probably get a hot plate...

• Brian_K_White 3y ago
  iron and drag technique is fine for parts with legs, even tiny ones, but this one also has a heat sink center pad, so it needs hot air or oven or plate for that. Personally I'd have done that part first not last, so that you can heat the whole area up without worrying about loosening all the neighboring parts. Everything else can be hand soldered with less fuss than air or oven. I hold parts down with a sharp bamboo skewer or fine tweeser tips, just pushing down on the center while tacking.
  • analog31 3y ago
    I've done the heat sink center pad thing by putting a big plated hole in the middle of it, and filling it with solder. This lets me get down to the bottom with my tip, to ensure actually getting the solder to melt in there.
    • Brian_K_White 3y ago
      Winning at life. I like it.