Homebrew PCBs

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.

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:30:37 +0100, Mike Young <mikewhy@...>  
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

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
>

To preserve long links, it sometimes works to enclose them in <> as I
did below.

Or use TinyURL:
http://tinyurl.com/8str9

BTW, that link and another are in the Links section under Soldering
Hints and Tips.

The other link:
http://hans-w.com/surfacem.htm

Steve Greenfield

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "jzmuda2000" <hwhacker@g...> wrote:
>
> Try:
> 
> 
<http://usbmicro.com/odn/documents/ACC430664DD26DDE5986574AAA62775FDFF29EA1.html>

>  
> It's an article about converting a Radio Shack De-soldering iron to 
> a handy hot-air pencil. 
> 
> Jim