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Stenchill: 3D Printable Solder Paste Stencil Generator

15 pointsby radeeyatetoday at 12:48 AM2 commentsview on HN

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giantg2today at 2:18 AM

This looks great! I've ordered stencils and do 3D printing... kicking myself for not thinking of it.

On the other hand, it gave me a great idea. What if you could 3D print the solder paste right onto the PCB using a tool that swaps out the hot end?

aleph-ztoday at 3:25 AM

I mean, why not laser cut a mylar sheet? That's an existing method and works well for 0603 footprints and similar, and is also quicker.