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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Curing Oven

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-08-11

Yes, that oven even has a fan, although the sparkfun people apparently
didn't identify it:
"An overhead shot of the AC transformer?" showing a picture of the very
obvious split pole motor connected very obviously to a fan housing....
welll..

I'm still not convinced such an oven will heat fast enough, but it should
be easy to make a slot in the left side to slide a PCB in like the
industrial prototyping ovens.

Somehow, i do not like the sparkfun people. I mean actually thinking it is
a good idea to have PC control instead of a simply user interface just
because they can't figure out how to make do with the pins...

Anyway, thanks for the link.
I guess i really need to get that oven and see how quick it heats up.
Maybe i'll even add some heaters... but if it can't do a proper soldering
profile i won't fool around with something that cooks components for 30
minutes and instead go with the slide-in version.

Thanks


ST


On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:39:43 +0200, John Craddock
<John.Craddock@...> wrote:

> Nope,
> Have a look at this:-
> http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-toaster.htm
> John C