[Elecraft] SMT Work

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Mon Jun 23 04:15:58 EDT 2008


Brilliant, I never even thought of eBay - I just purchased that -  
Thank you.
I already have a temp controlled iron so didn't really need the one  
that comes with, but I'll see what its like anyway (I could always  
sell it on eBay :-)
-- 
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that,
you've got it made. -Groucho Marx

On 23 Jun 2008, at 07:42, Phil G4UDU wrote:

> If you  want to take a serious look at SMT work, all you need is one  
> of the Chinese hot air rework stations.
>
> You can get a variety of nozzles  for them to cover everything from  
> single components to quad pack multi pin IC's
>
> They are always on EBay - one is currently listed on item number   
> 350072612116
> Just get an old pcb and practice taking components on and off before  
> attacking  anything valuable !
>
> Phil G4UDU



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