/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/no-more-paper-stencilsI royally botched a GoodFET build today, and at least some of the blame rests with the silly paper solder stencil that I made (shush, it was glossy and it should have worked better. Who doesn&#39;t want to save a buck?) I figured it was worth a shot. Oneen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/no-more-paper-stencilsThu, 11 Jun 2015 08:06:43 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3ffdac48-957c-404d-921f-b88c3c606ed9michaelkellett1<p>How about a picture - I can&#39;t see why you would need a stencil (good or bad) to hand solder a TQFP package at all. What package is your MSP430 in and how do you normally solder them ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MK</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21055&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/no-more-paper-stencilsThu, 11 Jun 2015 07:05:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3ffdac48-957c-404d-921f-b88c3c606ed9clem570<p>Ouch</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21055&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">