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What (metric) size have you managed to hand-solder ?

When it comes to electronics solder/repair, there's a very good reason why we have pick and place machines, and ovens to effectively bake our hardware. However if you're in a pinch and don't have this kit available, you're often forced to do it yourself by hand, frankly the sizes of some of this kit require a microscope!

 

Still, what is the smallest size (in metric) that you've managed to solder yourself by hand?

 

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  • I've done Imperial 0402 with a magnifier. I've managed Imperial 0603's without. But I'd have to say I'm much more comfortable with imperial 0805's when working with a single iron, a pair of questionable tweezers and no magnifier.

     

    I've not seen much in the way of stuff smaller than Imperial 0402 in my day-to-day, perhaps with the exception of the tiny bits on CPU/GPU substrates. Perhaps I've not been looking and have been knocking them off all the boards I touch ... jkzjkz.

     

    - Gough

  • in reply to Gough Lui

    > Perhaps I've not been looking and have been knocking them off all the boards I touch

     

    I accidentally had the air flow too high on an SMD reflow station, and some capacitors/resistors that were very small went flying... I didn't realise until it no longer powered up and had some pads where they were populated on another board...

  • in reply to cstanton

    Yes, happens image.

     

    I like to watch Louis Rossman's repair videos. He's always working with tiny components.

    Just watching them gives confidence. It shows what you can get away with, and that fear isn't needed.

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