I have also have a Hakko 888D for general soldering and it is great. I've done some 1mm SMD LEDS with it but it takes a stead hand. I have tried the cheaper Chinese made stuff and could never go back. Plus these are units are under $100 and well worth the quality.
For the hot air side I have a Hakko 850 hot air station. I actually bought two Hakko 850 units and one 851 unit in an auction. I need to actually sell these extra units so if you are interested in quality used hot air stations instead of cheap Chinese ones, contact me off list and we can work something out. Sova 970-FOR-SOVA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pavel Kirkovsky Sent: April 24, 2015 1:10 AM To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or) Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] soldering The [WEP/Atten/Yihua//Wylie/etc] 858D has served me well for several years now. The handle is chunkier since it has a small squirrel cage blower instead of a remote aquarium-style air pump, but its a lot cheaper and has fewer parts to break. It also functions well as an intermediate tool between a hair dryer and a heat gun, which is nice for more delicate tasks like heat shrink tubing/Monokote for RC planes/welding & bending small plastic parts/making tiny servings of crème brûlée/etc. As with all no-name equipment from China, be sure to check the wiring: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/deadly-wiring-fault-atten-858d-hot-air-rew ork-station/ If you prefer an iron and only have a few large ICs to remove, theres also the option of low melting point solder: http://www.chipquik.com/store/ http://www.zeph.com/lowmelt.htm Tools for grabbing components: - good quality tweezers - a manual hand pump (www.ebay.com/itm/131206538767) only useful as a source for pickup tips when connected to an aquarium pump for a DIY tool - the fantastic but expensive Hakko 394 http://www.amazon.com/Hakko-394-01-Vacuum-Pick-Up-Safe/dp/B009SCKYV6 Side note: Im never giving up my classic Hakko 936 you cant stack anything on the new Hakko soldering stations because theyre rounded on top! ---------------- [email protected] (Email/XMPP) https://kirkovsky.com OTR Fingerprint: 0DC94FB7 CF0F6989 E2746A37 0EADCF54 00145E35 Key fingerprint: 4328CFD67B46A8FB32270F4F0CE4A0B83F3FC81F Public Key: https://kirkovsky.com/pubkey Public Key (PKA): `gpg --auto-key-locate pka -ea -r [email protected]` Public Key (Github): https://gist.github.com/pkirkovsky/01071907297b34829249 On Mar 11, 2015, at 10:29 AM, David Madden <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/11/15 10:17 AM, Philip Odom wrote: >> Second on the Metcal stuff, if you want to spend the money. BUT pretty expensive. >> >> I have a Hakko FX-888D at home, > > Do these have hot air as well? (Is it as useful as I imagine?) > > I do hot-plate reflow fairly successfully (down to 0603, 0.5mm and > QFN48) without stencils, just squirting solder on the pads. I usually > rework QFNs by reheating with my firestarter pencil iron and > solder-braid sucking the excess out. (Yes, I know: it's a horrible > stone-age process, but it's the best I know how to do so far.) > > But I have trouble removing / modifying multi-pin things, because I > can't get the whole thing hot enough at once. (I have a friend who > just puts a big glob of solder over the whole part and gets 'em off > that way, but daaayum, that's beyond my skill. He does QFN with a big > ol' 40W pencil iron, dragging packages around on a pool of solder by > surface > tension!) > > So it seems like if I had hot air, I could heat up a package quickly > and grab it with tweezers or vacuum. Not so? Or is the tool to do > that reliably just really expensive? > > I was looking at the Aoyue 968A+... > -- > Mersenne Law LLP · www.mersenne.com · +1-503-679-1671 > - Small Business, Startup and Intellectual Property Law - > 9600 S.W. Oak Street · Suite 500 · Tigard, Oregon 97223 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
