Try:
http://usbmicro.com/odn/documents/ACC430664DD26DDE5986574AAA62775FDFF29EA1.html
It's an article about converting a Radio Shack De-soldering iron to
a handy hot-air pencil.
Jim
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:30:37 +0100, Mike Young <mikewhy@s...>
> 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
>