Gas soldering iron/hot air gun

[shumifan50]

I am looking at buying a gas soldering iron/hot air gun, the Weller WP3EU. It seems a reasonable price, but I am not sure about the hot air nozzle for reflowing/desoldering as it looks quite large and I don't want want to desolder a whole board while removing a single component. I can't find any other nozzles for sale for this model,
What should the nozzle diameter be?
Has anybody got any experience using this model of Weller.

 

[davelectronic]

I have the Antex gas cat 120 can't fault it for soldering and hot air use even has hot knife and mini blow torch attachments runs for 2 hours on a single fill before needing refill again top tool.

 

[shumifan50]

@Davelectronic:
Thanks for the reply.
Do you use it for removing parts from and mounting parts on SMD boards as this is what I want to buy it for.

 

[shumifan50]

Nudge.
I am till wondering about a gas soldering iron/hot air gun.
Specifically how big the hot air nozzle should be for SMT work and which of the multitude of gas soldering irons would be best suited.

 

[(*steve*)]

The nozzle needs to be about the same size as the area to be heated (that's an approximation). You'll find that a variety of nozzles are produced that slip over the end of the hot air tools designed for this purpose to suit various types of components.

It's a pain to change nozzles. I generally stick to a round 5mm nozzle.

 

[shumifan50]

@Steve Tanks for that