Homebrew PCBs

Try:

http://usbmicro.com/odn/documents/ACC430664DD26DDE5986574AAA62775FDFF
29EA1.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
>