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Subject: Re: Small batch SMT tools?
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:23:03 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>> I've a colleague who has offered to "build" the first batch of
>> boards for my alpha site -- about 1000 pieces (though small;
>> about 3 sq in each; 25 different designs).
>> 
>> I feel like I'd be pushing my luck to ask him to also build the
>> prototypes -- about 50 total pieces.
>> 
>> I have an opportunity to rescue some kit, this weekend (PnP,
>> stenciler, hotplate, another Leister, etc.) if I opt to do the
>> prototypes myself.
>> 
>> But, I suspect this will be more work than it is worth.  (I've never
>> assembled boards this small and densely packed).  And, is more "stuff"
>> to store, here.
>> 
>> [OTOH, if I have to do any rework...]
>> 
>> Perhaps I should "ask nicely" and promise him some baked goods or
>> ice cream as an incentive?  Pizzas for the folks on the 'line?
>> 
>> 
>
>Board stuffing has got so cheap that we don’t even stuff protos. 
>
>JLCPCB is the bomb, apart from the occasional rotated QFN. 
>
>Cheers 
>
>Phil Hobbs 

It's crazy that, starting from the earliest days of ICs, you can make
a mistake by rotating a part. You couldn't plug in a tube wrong.