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Re:Building a Reflow Oven by sokoloff on Monday July 22, 2019 @06:11AM (#20496647)
Confirm you meant to say stencil rather than solder mask there? (Solder mask is the colored material over the board, while a stencil is a separate piece of metal with holes cut to allow solder paste application with a squeegee.)
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Re:Building a Reflow Oven by elcritch on Monday July 22, 2019 @02:30PM (#20500812)
> Confirm you meant to say stencil rather than solder mask there?

Yes, stencil is what I meant to say. The "mask" part of solder mask seems to throw me everytime I mean to say stencil, as in I want to mask the parts of the board _not_ to solder. Someways I wish English were more like Swiss/German or Hebrew.

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