sockets or smd

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MrDEB

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looking at videos of doing smd soldering and seeing how the parts are much cheaper should I attempt this method??
don't know if one dosn't try.
nothing really complicated just 8 lm837, 84066's and couple other chips.
only one I couldn't find smd is the lm3916
videos make it look easy but??
also need to look at pc board layout. have it in expresspcb but not sure if they have smd layouts? may have to custom make component layout.
any thoughts on this subject??
 

It's dead easy. Give it a shot.
 
SOIC and anything larger are very easy. Try to stay away from packages that have a lot of solder surface area underneath the part (power devices mainly).
 
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