Homebrew PCBs

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