Homebrew PCBs

Len Warner wrote:
> Just a 'heads up' for our UK readers that Lidl is offering
> an Electric Grill and Oven for \ufffd19.99 in its Weekly Specials
> on Monday 16th October, 2006.
> 
> Details and picture:
>   http://newsletter.lidl.co.uk/c/r?EMID=09500E301MHST03RE2DQ401K6KCEQ

Neat. Let's see... \ufffd20 for the oven, about the same again to build a clone of 
Elektor's temperature controller, two days of lunch breaks to port the T-con 
firmware to run on a PIC...

And about \ufffd50 for the tub of solder paste. Ouch.

> Caveat emptor -I make no warranty that it is fit for SMT or any other 
> purpose ;-)

The big questions are:
   - How fast can it heat up (no real way to speed that up other than adding 
more heating elements, or add some thermal insulation around the oven)
   - How fast can it cool down (add a fan from a fan-assisted oven to speed 
that up)
   - How hot will it go if you bypass the thermostat?
   - How long does it take to reach that temperature?

> but Lidl specials are usually good quality and value for money

Hm, I'll take your word for it.

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