Re: Care and Feeding of SMD Parts
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I find it's easier to get the strip started if I put down a strip of double-sided sticky tape on a piece of cardboard, put the carrier for the SMD on the strip and use a small piece of tape on the edge of the strip to lift up the plastic covering. Keeps the strips for my project from wandering off and it holds the carrier and parts down for easy access with my tweezers. lifting up just enough of the covering to expose one part at a time prevents them from blowing away. ?
On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 1:38 PM, Clark Martin <kk6isp@...> wrote:
I’ve been working with SMDs for a few years now and have lost several. ?If the get pressed right they fly off just like a tiddily wink. ?They also tend to adhere to tweezers, probes and soldering irons with very little effort. ?If it’s a cap or resistor I just fetch another one it’s not worth the effort of a futile search.
One thing I do to try to minimize losses is to limit the number of loose parts I have out to two. ?If I need to install more than that I’ll do two at a time and tack solder them into place.
On Jan 31, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Ken KM4NFQ < km4nfq@...> wrote:
To use a component, I press it from the plastic side, through the paper side with tweezers, then put the freed component on the solder-pasted pads. I work over an aluminum tray covered with a cloth. I haven't lost a component yet. Of course, I have only recently started working with SMDs, so take that with a grain of salt. :)
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