Re: gEDA-user: How small a part can you hand place?

[Bob Paddock <bob.paddock@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 14:55, DJ Delorie wrote:

> I just created an 01005 footprint and added it to a board.  No big
> deal, until I printed it and realized just how small those things
> were.  Yowza!  With my 20 mil "micro" soldering tip, I can still
> solder both ends at the same time.

From time to time I end up with parts "Tombstoneing" when hand soldering.
With a 01005 can you even tell the difference? :-)

If we follow the progression of 402->201->01005 that means the next
smaller part down is going to have to exist in two dimension space. ;-)
Anyone for a 000025?




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