Resources: Toaster Oven Soldering

Toaster Oven Soldering

So we tried a few experiments in toaster oven soldering this weekend, and had limited success. In the end, it was easier to do the job with a soldering iron, because our surface mount chips were fairly big. But here's a few tutorials on others' attempts at it:

Sparkfun has a number of good methods, using a skillet and using a toaster oven.They also have a good tutorial on solder paste stenciling.

Seattle Robotics has a nice clear tutorial on toaster oven reflow.

Thanks to Raffi Krikorian for the link.

Raffi's notes on his experiment at ITP, on how to get the timing right for reflowing a part already soldered to the board: "we put a piece of solder in there too (on a piece of tin foil), and the instant that solder melted, i pull the board and just tapped it -- the IC fell right off..."

Here's another toaster-oven soldering example, thanks to Sasha Harris-Cronin for the link.

Posted by tigoe at November 14, 2005 07:18 AM