DIY Hot Air Soldering Iron using 12-18volts DC at 2-3 amps

Step 6 Ceramic tube

I thought this tube would be the best thing since bacon and eggs, I wasn't disappointed :) This is one of the insulator rods used to separate the heating elements from each other inside the hot air guns. The element ran over the outside of this rod. I aimed to place the element inside the rod and have cold air passing into it and super hot air passing out of it. How this would all come together, I still had no idea as yet...except some wild images of what the end product could do and look like.

Comments

[beatobe]

this tube is very usefull, where i can find it? thanks before :)

[ruddycrazy]

This idea is just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO kewl dude. I'll need to put making one of these on my long list of jobbies I have lined up but there is never enough time do what us blokes love to do when da missus screams get my bloody jobs done first. Cheers