[sdiy] DIY speed soldering?

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Karl Ekdahl <elektrodwarf at yahoo.se> wrote:
> Hi gang
>
> I was wondering, for quickest possible soldering of close-contact parts like DIP and SIP packages, would a hot air soldering gun be quicker then a regular soldering iron or would it be the same/not work?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Karl

I've used a hot air gun to solder surface mount boards. It worked
surprisingly well (a customer's reflow oven broke down, and we did two
dozen fairly large boards with a heat gun - had one guy hold the board
with high-temp gloves while I watched the reflow and made sure I
didn't overheat the boards). For through hole parts, I'm not so sure
how you would apply enough solder. I guess you could use solder paste
there? Other SMT soldering techniques like a toaster oven might work
just as well.

Tim (works surprisingly well) Servo
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