INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron @ 15 Volts DC and 3.5 amps...PART II

Step 27 This is it !!!

The final unit with power and air nozzles exiting from the handle...thank you old scooter, you served me well ;)

Comments

[gargoyle169]

When combined with a DIY reflow (toaster) oven, this tool can assemble PCB's with a .4 mm pitch, I would not go any smaller do to the constraint of temperature control being rather spotty in a DIY like this. (Somebody who has been working fine pitch since 1980 for gov/mil/ and now private sector.)

[DrStoooopid]

What's the application for this? Please excuse my ignorance. What's a hot air soldiering iron for?

[OzzyRoo]

making coffee

[DrStoooopid]

no I'm serious....what is a hot air soldiering iron used for? I know what a soldiering iron is used for, but what benefit does the air give you? Why would you use it over a regular one?

[ac-dc]

A hot air gun, without modifications mentioned, is good for heat shrink tubing. A hot air soldering station is used when a part has multiple joints that need melted simultaneously for removal (repair work or prototypes, for example), or when the discrete part has leads/contacts/etc that are not accessible with a soldering iron.

This hot air technique is not a substitute for normal soldering of leaded or surface mount parts. That is true even if it were a controlled temp _{which this is not. This hot air hack could be a useful addition to your soldering tool set, but never a replacement for a good soldering iron when one could be used instead.}

[OzzyRoo]

correction....hot air technique by my experience is far better than traditional methods...more precise as outlined in my diy article and others by other geniuses...lmfao...replying to my messages too...quiet the TROLL

[The Lightning Stalker]

SMT work and heat shrink tubing mostly.

[OzzyRoo]

plus other uses open to your imagination

[Derin]

coffee

[the_mad_man]

hair-drying. sorry i mean scalp burning