{"id":1318,"date":"2009-02-12T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T20:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:09","slug":"sparkfun-stencil-and-solder-paste-class-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/sparkfun-stencil-and-solder-paste-class-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparkfun Stencil and Solder Paste Class Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esawdust.com\/blog\/EaglePCB\/EaglePCB.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/sparkfun-stencil-and-solder-paste-class-notes\/sfesolderpastestencil08\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sfesolderpastestencil08.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sparkfun Electronics Solder Paste Stencil Demo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sfesolderpastestencil08.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2614\" title=\"Sparkfun Electronics Solder Paste Stencil Demo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sfesolderpastestencil08.jpg\" alt=\"Sparkfun Electronics Solder Paste Stencil Demo\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\">Sparkfun<\/a> had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/commerce\/product_info.php?products_id=9027\">solder paste stencil class<\/a> at their HQ in Boulder, CO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/esawdust\">@esawdust<\/a> was there and took lots of great photos and notes about the class:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sawdust.see-do.org\/EaglePCB\/files\/SparkfunSolderPasteStencilClass.html\">Sparkfun Stencil and Solder Paste Class | PCB, Solder Paste | sawdust.see-do.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wish I could have been there, it looks like everyone had a great time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Sparkfun had a solder paste stencil class at their HQ in Boulder, CO. @esawdust was there and took lots of great photos and notes about the class: Sparkfun Stencil and Solder Paste Class | PCB, Solder Paste | sawdust.see-do.org Wish I could have been there, it looks like everyone had a great time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[170,91,153,169,148,168],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","category-electronics","tag-classes","tag-noisebridge","tag-smt","tag-solder-paste","tag-soldering","tag-sparkfun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-lg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/pid\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":0},"title":"PID Controlled Solder Paste Fridge","author":"Jeff","date":"July 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently decided I needed to upgrade my garage electronics bench to include capability to work on surface mount components.\u00a0 I ordered a hot air reflow station and some no-clean solder paste from SRA. Solder paste is a little tricky to handle, because most solder paste needs to be refrigerated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PID Controller closeup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/2706936015_5d8ef1cfd5_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":638,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/new-tutorial-from-sparkfun-electronics\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":1},"title":"New Tutorial from SparkFun Electronics","author":"Jeff","date":"November 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Nathan at SparkFun Electronics just released a new tutorial about making Better PCBs in Eagle.\u00a0 Lots of interesting tips, check it out.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2079,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/celebrating-one-year-of-hacks-and-projects-at-mightyohm-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":2},"title":"Celebrating one year of hacks and projects at mightyohm.com!","author":"Jeff","date":"July 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow!\u00a0 I can't believe it's been a year! Based on the date of my first post, last Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of my blog. While I pour a toast, here are a few highlights of the past year: PID Controlled Solder Paste Fridge The first project I documented\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PID Controller closeup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/2706936015_5d8ef1cfd5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1010,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":3},"title":"DIY PID Controlled Soldering Hotplate","author":"Jeff","date":"January 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In preparation for my Arduino-based AVR HV Programmer boards coming back, I decided to step up my home lab surface mount soldering capabilities. Step one was to find a cheap stereo zoom microscope on ebay, with 7-32X magnification, perfect for working on surface mount devices.\u00a0 One of my biggest frustrations\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/3201234462_c0a761b898_o.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1646,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/new-mightyohmcom-discussion-forums\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":4},"title":"New MightyOhm.com Discussion Forums","author":"Jeff","date":"April 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Head on over to the new MightyOhm.com Forums to discuss projects from the blog and chat with other members of our small (but awesome) community! At the moment there are forums for: My Wifi Radio project The AVR HV Rescue Shield My Bluetooth Handset Hack The DIY PID Controlled Soldering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books and Resources&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books and Resources","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/books-and-resources\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A new forum for each major project on the site!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/forums.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3410,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/changes-to-the-mightyohm-wiki\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":5},"title":"Changes to the MightyOhm Wiki","author":"Jeff","date":"December 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been making some changes and additions to the MightyOhm Wiki over the past few days. 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