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Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens

2017-10-08 by Dave M

Anyone have any experience or have colleagues who have experience using the Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens such as those being sold on the evil auction place?  The one I've looked at is item number:262955348183 (Model T962). 
 
My eyes have become the major challenge to producing the one- or two-off projects, since many of the parts that are available today are only made in SMD packages.   I realize that placing them onto the board still remains a challenge, but at least with a proper oven, I won't have to hold a soldering iron steady enough to build the boards.
 
This model seems to be big enough to handle all the boards that I want to make, so that is a plus.  Just wondering if this model produces good boards with no unsoldered areas, damaged components, etc.  If it can consistently produce good boards, I'll take a chance on one of them.  Reading the Chinglish instructions is scary enough , but maybe I can figure it out well enough to make it work.
 
Hope someone can give good advice

Dave M

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