I just started using hot air for light re-work and shrink tubing. I got one at work and I can't go back. I got my eyes on this sparkfun unit for $114.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10706 I'd be interested in seeing some rework magic... Maybe we can do a solder station projector on a Monday dorkbot at control H. I think Mathew has a nice USB camera setup for such solder presentations. Sent from a mobile device. > On Mar 11, 2015, at 7:00 PM, Kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ctrl-H has an Aoyue 968A+. If you drop by the open house tomorrow, I > can show it off. It is a close relative to the Aoyue 2738 which has > been my primary station for 5+ years. I rework TSSOP, SOIC, QFN/QFP, > 0201 and other fun stuff regularly with hot air. > > By the way, who would be interested in a progressive soldering workshop > series? Elements might look like: > > - Through hole soldering > - Wire to wire, board or tabs > - Getting started with surface mount > - Hot air for serious rework > - Solder paste, skillets and ovens > - The art of blue-wire > > -- > Kenny > -+---+++-++-++++--+------+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-++----+-++-+++---+----+--+----+ > > > >> On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 10:29 -0700, David Madden wrote: >> >> I was looking at the Aoyue 968A+... > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
