About 1992 two good friends started a Locktite bolt coating factory around here. The curing oven was about 40 feet long with a conveyor belt running the length. This is a critical advancement also included in Locktite solder paste circuits. Instead of a very hot solder iron tip and a cool target joint, a process temperature profile is followed on all solder paste joint materials and bonding is improved. One very cold winter day I was overseeing the oven while others handled the bolts. The furnace went off and I almost had to fight with others trying to bypass the safety power switch with a screwdriver. The oven ran on propane and I was harshly insulted by saying propane doesn't evaporate in serious cold and low tank levels; the safety switch did its job. The next day the propane company guy affirmed the problem. I already have some friendly people to discuss this technology with. Let's just close out this thread. Ryan Coleman wrote: > Which is used when soldering on SURFACE MOUNT COMPONENTS or SMCs which is the very thing I asked you about and you refused to answer. > > > >> On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:55 PM, Rick Engebretson <eng at pinenet.com> wrote: >> >> I learned more about the new "Solder Pastes" today. DigiKey has a nice tutorial from "Locktite." And "Adafruit" has a little infosheet if you follow the DigiKey links. >> >> Maybe you should learn about it, too. >> >> Iznogoud wrote: >>> Let's not make a fuss of this, but I am with Ryan. The idea is that there may >>> be better ways to do what you want, and that is why question were asked. >>> >>> I went back to the obvious and searched google: >>> https://www.thomasnet.com/minnesota/soldering-services-76361203-1.html >>> >>> Perhaps you can find an individual to do it through a craigslist.org posting. >>> >>> Sounds like you have exhausted the info offered on this list, Rick. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >