Surface mount component soldering

[DrKnow65]

The hot plate thing rocks, I had to use the oven for a little preliminary work (extending the bus wires between the MM boards) I only heated the board to 325'f but it made it so much easier to get nice solder joints on the bus/board connections.

Ive got a friend with a hot plate, his dad uses it for jewelry work, I'll use that when I put the fet back on. I'm not going to heat the entire board up to melting point but I'll keep it as close as I can and use additional localized heat to attach the fet.

(so excited to try this the new fet should be here tomarrow). Only wish I had read about the hot plate prior to breaking the fet... oh well live and learn.

Thanks for the info guys!