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Back side of the line card is pasted! Used my new... 8 8 inch i think? stainless steel drywall knife with great results.
Also running low on solder paste, I only have what's in the syringe on the bench now. Deep storage in the fridge is empty.
Minor print defect in the very corner, probably insufficient paste at the edge of the array.
Tried to tin the pads with an iron but the board had too much thermal mass. Couldn't use preheat or hot air because board was already pasted.
I did the best I could, it'll probably bridge but I can fix it post reflow.
At some point I'm definitely going to have to start thinking about PnP-ing some of these bigger boards. My designs are already beyond the point most people would have given up on hand assembly.
This one has a touch over 600 components on it. Given the time I'm probably going to try and finish the back side but not do the front tonight.
@azonenberg
My point of view is all those hand assembly are an invaluable waste of time (which could be spent with family...).
I do all PCB+Assembly since years with Fab doing PCB+Assembly.
About PnP it seems also not interesting to spend time configuring PnP/Stocking reel of components when Fab can do all with better quality and for less money/time.
@bvernoux Which fab do you use? My experience is that it's a real hassle to get a quote, and then to have to provide parts that are hard for the vendor to get with a bigger hassle of dealing with customs coming/going with parts that may have encryption on them.