The solder paste is applied using a stainless stencil from oshstencils.com. These stencils are very nice and easier to use than plastic stencils. Result in next picture.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/610921512168247853.png)
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2288481512168262127.png)
All the parts layed out. I use a home made vacuum pickup tool to place the parts. It uses exactly the same vacuum system as my never ending PNP machine project.
![](https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6649291512168470199.jpg)
Reflowing in my converted toaster oven. As you can see in the picture the IR heaters are on, but it uses mostly convective heating. The IR is only on ~20% of the time during a typical reflow. (BTW, the gray fuzzzy thing in the top left corner is not smoke, it's light reflecting of the glass door.)
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