[sdiy] Have you guys already used this ?

[George Hearn]

I design and assemble circuits for a living and wouldn't consider boards
with lots of SMT parts without a reflow oven.  However, to make it useful
you will need a solder paste dispenser and compressor to drive it (~£250).
If you have the paste dispenser you can also make use of a hot air rework
station to do the reflow bit, I got one from china for £80 which does the
job.  I now find it *much*  easier to assemble and rework SMD boards than
through hole ones.  Consider removing a 20 pin DIL, it's a batch! Removing a
20 pin SOIC with an air gun is easy, repaste with the dispenser and heat up
again, job done. It's a big investment in kit, and I could only justify it
because I need it to do my job, however it means that my DIY projects can
now be all surface mount, super compact and getting the parts is easier and
often cheaper.  George 

-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of David Anderson
Sent: 26 September 2008 16:28
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Have you guys already used this ?

Enough that Sparkfun has a kit:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=81

jbv wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> my question wasn't so much about the price of the Elektor oven
> (sorry for not making it clear in the first place) but rather about
> the use of such a device in DIY...
> I'm into electronics DIY only now and then (in my spare time
> only, which becomes rarer every year), and don't remember seeing
> it mentionned on this list, although several times ppl complained
> about the difficulty of soldering smt parts...
> 
> so, how many of you use an smt oven for diy electronics, and is
> there any experience you'd like to share ?
> 
> Thanks,
> JB
> 
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