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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Homebrew hot air system

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-11-20

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:30:37 +0100, Mike Young <mikewhy@...>
wrote:

> So I'm really curious why low air volume "hair dryers" (hot air systems)
> are
>
> so expensive. Any thoughts on how to make a small one? How hot does it
> have
>
> to be? I would ideally like a very small benchtop pre-heat rack and a
> small
>
> wand. It seems odd that a web search didn't turn up similar home-made
> hacks.


There's something about making a pencil on the web, several pages i think.

However, the stations cost only about 50eur, i think not many bother.

I use my hot air gun for that. A bit bulky but works OK.

ST