Homebrew PCBs

Fot what you want to do, forget the heat transfer method although if 
you read www.pulsar.gs guy he claims miracles like a southern 
preacher. Give it a shot and let us know. Mike



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Alan King <alan@n...> wrote:
> Dave Mucha wrote:
> 
> > Another option is to google a little more.   I read a how-to on 
> > taking a standard high watt iron, adding some small copper pipe 
and a 
> > small fish pump to make your hot blow gun.
> > 
> > IIRC, he used steel wool to hold the copper away from the iron 
and 
> > that acted to help pick up the heat.
> > 
> 
> 
>    I think the main goal for the wool was to transfer heat and to 
block most of 
> the airflow so it wouldn't cool the iron too much or blow parts 
from the board, 
> most aquarium air pumps have a pretty good output.  Have to agree 
that design 
> looked very servicable and cheap, haven't built it myself since I 
use other 
> means, but have an old desolderer and air pump on hand and keep the 
idea in mind 
> if there is ever a need.  With good solder paste and technique it 
might do well 
> for SM without the retouch step of solder and remove method, and 
not require 
> firing up an oven for just the now and then SM part.
> 
> Alan