[Elecraft] OT - Hot Air Soldering Guns for SMDs

[Mark Goldberg]

I have a well used hot air gun (OK Industries SMT-1160) but I use my Metcal
iron and hot tweezers a lot more. They have an infinite selection of tips
for almost anything. They are expensive though, even used.

For us old farts with unsteady hands and bad eyes, a vacuum pickup, lots of
tweezers and a binocular microscope are a huge help. A flux bottle with a
dispensing needle tip and a bottle of Isopropyl  Alcohol are musts too. I
have some tiny solder, solder wick and solder paste for my reflow oven. The
reflow oven is the bees knees if you are building a lot.

Youth and delicate hands also helps, I have neither but I get by.

Look at my qrz.com page for my setup and links to more info.

73,

Mark
W7MLG


On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 12:33 PM Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:

> I am thinking about trying my hand at building a kit with a bunch of
> SMDs.  I don’t yet know the gauge.  Any suggestions about the brand or type
> of hot air soldering gun I should buy?  Any other tools I’ll need, like
> narrow-gauge solder, wicks, whatever?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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