Typically, SMT stencils are made of metal or plastic. Specific types include laser-cut SMT solder paste stencils, BGA stencils, and SMT BGA rework stencils. An acronym for ball-grid array, BGA is a ...

[Juan] recently learned a new trick to make cutting solder stencils a less painful ... If you happen to have this same machine, he actually included all of the laser settings on his site.