Soldering surface mount LED's is hard...

[AndrewBird]

but worth it I'd say:







For those that don't understand, I added LED's to the trigger buttons on my PSP. Purely for looks. And surface mount LED's are about the size of 4 grains of sand with two soldering terminals on them. :crazy:

Oh, and my screen is broke, that's just a background that makes people freak out. lol

[george graves]

SMT's???? oh you are as crazy as I am... Good work man!

SMT's are ***insane*** to hand solder...

Soldering is sick fun, I just put a order in for a new gun. insane $$$ too, but I need it.

Nice to see there are some guys that mod stuff around here...

[schmidty]

nerd :p

[Jean]

Lol, that's too much! I need to finish my aleph 2s...

[AndrewBird]

For reference, this is how small they are:



I was using ones like the smaller one in that picture.

I actually use a butane powered soldering iron for all my soldering. I got tired of trying to find an electric iron that was good. This is what I use:

http://www.amazon.com/Bernzomatic-ST250K-LIGHT-MICRO-FLAME/dp/B0000CBJBQ/ref=sr_1_4/002-5979176-1856860?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1187113684&sr=1-4

THe pointed tip it has was a bit big for soldering this stuff, but I managed.