Ha! I pulled the socket out and put in a chip last night (Before Six Shooters post) and was going to solder this morning. With the socket and chip it hits the Knock board, chip alone is clear.

As Six Shooter has verified I thought the chip would be OK if you take care to not overheat since guys are soldering on wires across legs on chip anyway. I do plan on moving around, front, back, middle, side to side, maybe a cool down just in case. Instead of just soldering legs one by one next to each other down the row.