[sdiy] Home SMD reflow ovens

[Stewart Pye]

Hi Justin,

That link didn't work for me.

At work we use something like this:
http://www.breville.com.au/the-smart-oventm.html
It works really well. You need a decent one to get the right temperature 
curve. Our plan was to build a controller for it, but all the guy who 
uses it does it put the boards in, sets the correct program (I think 
it's pizza!) and the timer. He usually opens the door when the timer 
goes off, but I'm not sure if that's imperative.

He says it's much quicker than hand soldering, but it would be much 
quicker again if he had a solder paste printer...

Regards,
Stewart.


On 9/9/2014 10:45 PM, Justin Owen wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Recently been looking for ways to speed up my home SMD assembly prototyping and this turned up:
>
> http://www.beta-estore.com/rkuk/order_product_details.html?p=624
>
> Has anyone got any experience with using this or any similar off the shelf, home SMD ovens?
>
> Last time I looked there was a half a dozen options for hacking various things together yourself - none of which left me convinced they were better options than hand-soldering or paying a small run assembly house to do the job.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Justin
>
>
>
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