- on Hobby & Modelling
- Published in issue 7/2018 on page 69
Stencil Frame for Reflow Soldering
Save money the DIY way

Are you tired of hand-soldering your PCBs? And contemplating reflow soldering instead? If your budget won’t run to the four-figure prices that industrial stencil frames cost, why not build one yourself?These days making equipment yourself is seldom more cost-effective than buying readymade. But here’s an exception to the rule! In a development project for the industrial engineering degree course at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, a team of students designed and manufactured a frame of this kind as an aid to making printed circuit boards for reflow soldering.
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