And I am
convinced that most of those who claim that SMD work is
difficult are those who have never tried it becuase they know it's
difficult. My guessis that if they actually grabbed a suitable iron and
had a go they;d find it remarkably simple.
Thus doth the cycle perpetuate.
I feel the same way about through-hole (or tagstrip, or ....) soldering.
People keep on telling me that soldering is hard. I actually wonder if
they've tried and practiced with a soldering iron, or if they were just
told it's hard and believe it.
On the other hand, I know that if you find a skill easy, it's difficult
for you to think that anyone will find it difficult. WHich is incorrect,
of course. There are plenty of things that I find impossible that others
find trivial.
To tie into another thread, one of the photos of the VCF-UK that I saw (I
can't rememeber who took said picture) seemed to be of Spectrum (?) ULA
built from simple logic chips on large plugblock breadboard. While that's
undoubtedly a great hack, I do have to wonder why the chap didn't solder
it up on stripboard or similar. Anyone who has the dedication and
knowledge to make a copy of the ULA is capable of learning to solder. And
the resuylt would be a lot more permanent and probably more reliable.
-tony
