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From: JW on 29 Dec 2009 10:19 I'm currently looking for an affordable hot air station for the bench. One that came up often in my searches was this one: http://www.atomicfireballs.com/static/electronics/aoyue/index.php Can anyone recommend this one, or perhaps have a better alternative? Thanks.
From: Rich Webb on 29 Dec 2009 11:01 On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:19:33 -0500, JW <none(a)dev.null> wrote: >I'm currently looking for an affordable hot air station for the bench. One >that came up often in my searches was this one: >http://www.atomicfireballs.com/static/electronics/aoyue/index.php > >Can anyone recommend this one, or perhaps have a better alternative? It's probably worth at least looking over at Howard Electronics for some baseline pricing http://www.howardelectronics.com/index.html. The hot air stations are under 'SMD Rework'. Several on-line sites have similar items, including MPJA, Web-Tronics, Sparkfun, and (of course) Amazon. The surface similarity is suggestive but I don't know of a site that's published a real tear-down and comparison of one or more name-brand stations and 'house'-branded models. FWIW, my home bench sports a Xytronic 850D that I've been pretty happy with. -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: Andy Cuffe on 29 Dec 2009 11:46 On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:19:33 -0500, JW <none(a)dev.null> wrote: >I'm currently looking for an affordable hot air station for the bench. One >that came up often in my searches was this one: >http://www.atomicfireballs.com/static/electronics/aoyue/index.php > >Can anyone recommend this one, or perhaps have a better alternative? > >Thanks. I have one of those. It's not bad, but you should know it's not temperature controlled. The heater control only adjusts the duty cycle of the heater. There's no thermostat, or temperature display. This means that the air temperature will vary with air flow. Andy Cuffe acuffe(a)gmail.com
From: Arfa Daily on 29 Dec 2009 12:22 "JW" <none(a)dev.null> wrote in message news:s26kj59qhh2mm7enq0pjjdole1fabehkpb(a)4ax.com... > I'm currently looking for an affordable hot air station for the bench. One > that came up often in my searches was this one: > http://www.atomicfireballs.com/static/electronics/aoyue/index.php > > Can anyone recommend this one, or perhaps have a better alternative? > > Thanks. I've been looking into this too, and a friend of mine who is a self employed professional electronics designer, has highly recommended this one, which he has had for some time. It is used daily, and he reckons that it represents exceptional value for money http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kada-850-SMT-SMD-Soldering_W0QQitemZ220294781357QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item220294781357&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Arfa
From: JW on 30 Dec 2009 05:46
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:01:46 -0500 Rich Webb <bbew.ar(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote in Message id: <q69kj5luntnth66u0i3h3c2s25vfrqphem(a)4ax.com>: >On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:19:33 -0500, JW <none(a)dev.null> wrote: > >>I'm currently looking for an affordable hot air station for the bench. One >>that came up often in my searches was this one: >>http://www.atomicfireballs.com/static/electronics/aoyue/index.php >> >>Can anyone recommend this one, or perhaps have a better alternative? > >It's probably worth at least looking over at Howard Electronics for some >baseline pricing http://www.howardelectronics.com/index.html. The hot >air stations are under 'SMD Rework'. Phew. $350 and up. That's a bit over my budget there. >Several on-line sites have similar items, including MPJA, Web-Tronics, >Sparkfun, and (of course) Amazon. > >The surface similarity is suggestive but I don't know of a site that's >published a real tear-down and comparison of one or more name-brand >stations and 'house'-branded models. > >FWIW, my home bench sports a Xytronic 850D that I've been pretty happy >with. Thanks. |