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and ******Winkdogg said :"The smds are actually easier in my opinion if you have a steady hand and a tiny tip on a high wattage iron . I dab flux on the pads and the components will actually stick in that tiny swipe flux and you juts flow solder off the tiny tip and touch it for a second . I love solder work and re-work with full size components too but if you have the right tip and iron take apart an old cell phone and give them a chance the smds will surprise you . I really was worried about ever touching one until I gave it a shot" ****** I say: unless you have access to The Hubble Space Telescope to work on that stuff avoid it,lol. I have dabbled in the SMD stuff, without Conductive Wire Glue I would have two radios asking me " what have you done? I lucked out this time, no more SMD work or SMD MODS. Lots of small amps out there that are just fine and pretty cheap. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Ocean One Cape Hatteras

<blockquote data-quote="ENC Pirate" data-source="post: 699472" data-attributes="member: 53453"><p>and ******Winkdogg said :&quot;The smds are actually easier in my opinion if you have a steady hand and a tiny tip on a high wattage iron . I dab flux on the pads and the components will actually stick in that tiny swipe flux and you juts flow solder off the tiny tip and touch it for a second . I love solder work and re-work with full size components too but if you have the right tip and iron take apart an old cell phone and give them a chance the smds will surprise you . I really was worried about ever touching one until I gave it a shot&quot; ******&nbsp; &nbsp; I say: unless you have access to The Hubble Space Telescope to work on that stuff avoid it,lol.&nbsp; I have dabbled in the SMD stuff, without Conductive Wire Glue I would have two radios asking me &quot;&nbsp; what have you done? I lucked out this time, no more SMD work or SMD MODS. Lots of small amps out there that are just fine and pretty cheap.&nbsp; Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ocean One Cape Hatteras</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ENC Pirate, post: 699472, member: 53453"] and ******Winkdogg said :"The smds are actually easier in my opinion if you have a steady hand and a tiny tip on a high wattage iron . I dab flux on the pads and the components will actually stick in that tiny swipe flux and you juts flow solder off the tiny tip and touch it for a second . I love solder work and re-work with full size components too but if you have the right tip and iron take apart an old cell phone and give them a chance the smds will surprise you . I really was worried about ever touching one until I gave it a shot" ****** I say: unless you have access to The Hubble Space Telescope to work on that stuff avoid it,lol. I have dabbled in the SMD stuff, without Conductive Wire Glue I would have two radios asking me " what have you done? I lucked out this time, no more SMD work or SMD MODS. Lots of small amps out there that are just fine and pretty cheap. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Ocean One Cape Hatteras [/QUOTE]

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