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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] heat guns

From: michael tenore <wb2lcw@...>
Date: 2009-08-04

I would not put 60 psi air in there foe heat gun purposes !Maybe a aquaium pump for air?

mike




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From: Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 8:24:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] heat guns

 
michael tenore wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone looked at those plastic weldeing units at Harbor freight?
> They look
> like the heat guns on the rework stations I,ve seen in the catalogs?
>
> They look like a soldering iron with a hollow heated tube for a tip and
> a hose for air to flow through..
>

I've got a plastic hot air welder and would never attempt using it for
desoldering for the simple reason it will blow components way off the
board. Air pressure is many times greater and over a smaller area
compared to any standard heat gun I've seen.

Adam






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