On 2006-12-28, ken scharf wrote:
I've watched the technicians at work hand solder even finer pitch chips.
One young woman has very good close in eyesight and works without a
magnifier. She does have to clean up with the solder-wick, but makes
machine like perfect solder connections. (she makes it look EASY!)
Whats hard is doing an entire board in one sitting without getting a
visual version of writer's cramp. (eye strain)

After you've done it enough under a microscope you learn what is going
to happen and you can do a lot of it without even being able to see it,
by timing and feel. Like you said in another post, there's also the
part where you get used to how disgusting any solder joint looks under
sufficient magnification...

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