smd`s and soldering iron ?

[svtiss]

Hi
What do you use for soldering SMD`s ? and how ?

thanks

 

[BrownOut]

I use a microscope, a soldering iron and some solder wick. I solder all the pins, not caring if I get solder bridges. Then, I use the solder wick to clean up my work and remove all the bridges.

 

[phalanx]

If I'm doing a finalized board, I will reflow it using a toaster oven.

For prototypes, before I got my hot air rework station, I would use a regular soldering iron with a medium screwdriver tip for 95% of all soldering jobs. The last 5% would be with a very fine point iron tip. A flux pen, solder wick, and a good pair of tweezers are all necessary accessories

 

[cobra1]

I use a solder station and tweezers

 

[KJ6EAD]

I use a bent conical (hook) tip for chip components and SOT's. I use a bevel (hoof) tip of appropriate size to drag solder gull wing leaded devices and a knife tip to drag solder J leaded devices. For larger sizes of chip components, I use a bump tack technique and for smaller ones, a dry tack.

Check out these videos:
SMD soldering with regular iron tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN7UGWYmBY
Professional drag technique videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/jkgamm041#p/a
Dry tack: https://www.youtube.com/user/SolderingGeek#p/u/40/9ghi8UhX-Eo
Bump tack: https://www.youtube.com/user/SolderingGeek#p/u/37/ZCwK40KUNRg
Wet tack: https://www.youtube.com/user/SolderingGeek#p/u/31/ZpUIPpF7R3U