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James Lerch
Might it be possible to fabricate a simple hot air re-work station
from a harbor freight plastic welding "machine"?
Here's the item in question (which I recieved as a gift and have no
use for).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41592
Thinking that it's pretty much a hot air station already, would it be
feasable to:
Add Thermocouple, adjustable diaghpram pump, and Pic controller to
create a semi usable Hot Air re-work station?
Mostly, I'm just looking to de-soldier larger SMD chips, and also can
you have too many intersting projects??
If the answer is "yes, maybe" and since I've never held a hot air
soldiering iron:
How accurate must the output air temp be?
Exactly what temp range should I anticipate?
How much air flow?
Any ideas (other than the obvious "go buy a real one")
And no, my income does not depend on this device, its strictly a
method of killing time and money..
--
Take Care,
James Lerch
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing, and coating site)
http://lerch.no-ip.com/ChangFa_Gen (My 15KW generator project)
"Anything that can happen, will happen" -Stephen Pollock from:
"Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos"
" Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
from a harbor freight plastic welding "machine"?
Here's the item in question (which I recieved as a gift and have no
use for).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41592
Thinking that it's pretty much a hot air station already, would it be
feasable to:
Add Thermocouple, adjustable diaghpram pump, and Pic controller to
create a semi usable Hot Air re-work station?
Mostly, I'm just looking to de-soldier larger SMD chips, and also can
you have too many intersting projects??
If the answer is "yes, maybe" and since I've never held a hot air
soldiering iron:
How accurate must the output air temp be?
Exactly what temp range should I anticipate?
How much air flow?
Any ideas (other than the obvious "go buy a real one")
And no, my income does not depend on this device, its strictly a
method of killing time and money..
--
Take Care,
James Lerch
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing, and coating site)
http://lerch.no-ip.com/ChangFa_Gen (My 15KW generator project)
"Anything that can happen, will happen" -Stephen Pollock from:
"Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos"
" Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "