Homebrew PCBs

A SMD station with iron for $90 shipped is too good to be true!

Perhaps the body is made of plastic that would melt on heating and usage of more than 10 minutes at a stretch (not unusual for SMD rework)

Anyone has experiences with such cheap stations?


----- Original Message -----
> From: Henry Liu <henryjliu@...>
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Removing SMDs
> 
>T hose are not proper SMD heat guns:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/2-1-SMD-HOT-AIR-REWORK-SOLDERING-IRON-STATION-852D-/310315592931?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4840402ce3
> 
> Henry