Easy way to Solder Surface Mount Parts! - How I do it

Was working on some boards today and I thought maybe others might find this kind of video useful. Note that this is just the way I deal with surface mount soldering... people that do this sort of thing all the time have developed it into an art of sorts. But whenever I need to assemble up a couple prototypes before sending out for manufacturing, this is my go-to method. Sorry about the audio on this one... just used the camera's built in microphone. By the way, these boards are going out to the patrons of this channel this month. Thanks again to everyone who supports what I'm doing here:   / kdarrah   And that board I was working on: http://www.kevindarrah.com/wiki/index... So, here's the list of things shown in the video: I buy the stainless stencils here: http://www.electrodragon.com/product-... Plastic Stencils here: https://www.pololu.com/product/446 Hot Air Station here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00... Solder Paste: SMD291SNL10 (I keep mine refrigerated when not in use, then sit out for an hour or so before I need it) https://www.digikey.com/product-detai... Check out my Tindie store (trigBoard is available) https://www.tindie.com/stores/kdcircu... Thanks to all the Patrons for dropping a few bucks in the tip jar to help make these videos happen!   / kdarrah   Twitter:   / kdcircuits   For inquiries or design services: https://www.kdcircuits.com