Earl, While we have you, don't keep us in suspense any longer. Please, is it: * Six additional weeks of winter? ... OR * Early spring? Dave Fish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Moon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [TN] finish > Guy, > > The cave is quite resplendent with most ameneties. HASL is not one of them. > > Werner once responded, accurately, any process can be mis-managed as in the > HASL thing. One thing that cannot be managed is the copper surface of a > board about to enter HASL hell. The copper surface is cleaned, micro-etched, > rinsed, dried (wherein the biggest process mis-management occurs), then > introduced to fluxes often incapable of removing the oxidation imparted by > the drying process. This is my big gripe against HASL now that I've grown so > fond of very "thick" IMC's. > > Amazingly, I have seen HASL surfaces very flat, shiney, bright, and > solderable. I don't remember where I saw this phenomonom. Probably in my > dreams but it was a wonder. I also wonder, if it was not a dream, where > these conditions were produced. Any board fab folks out there? > > As for popping my head out of the cave, it gets very lonely in here, or not, > and fresh air always is appreciated. However, I'm not a weather reporter > based on shadow. What's with this strange passage. No snow covering my cave > opening. > > MoonMan > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To recieve ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------