LOL! What was I thinking?

[drlava]

Oh, yeah it's probably about the same. I hadn't seen his post, just wanted to make sure you knew about the cheaper stuff

[DZ]

Yeah as soon as I saw that stuff I ordered it up, much cheaper than digikey.

[300EVIL]

Cool, thanks for all the tips guys. I've been soldering pin thru hole components since I was kid, I've desoldered some SMT stuff, but this is going to be my first at building something with SMT. I'm looking forward to the learning experience.

What do you guys think of this: http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/07/h...soldering-iron

OOOH! That's cool! (Actually hot...) I'm gonna have to try that. I have a few of those RS desolidering irons around the lab.
Great Idea!
Thanks!

[GooeyGus]

What do you guys think of this: http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/07/h...soldering-iron

Totally Building one....

[mixedgas]

Totally Building one....

put the air pump in a plastic box, thus reversing it, now you have through hole desolder as well as a heat gun :-) I bet car vacuum line tubing from autozone will take the heat.



Steve

[300EVIL]

Totally Building one....

Well... I tried it and am very disappointed. I used the "Exact" same stuff they had in the build tutorial. Just so happens I had all that stuff. I tried adjusting the size of the nozzle and the amount of solider wick. It does a great job at melting hot glue and shrinking tubing but doesn't even come close to melting solider. You may have better luck but I think it's bogus.

[DZ]

Damn, I hate to hear it didn't work. I was going to try and build one as well. Oh well, thanks for trying Adam!

[dave]

Thankfully 0805 is the smallest part on the board, though there are 12 of them per board. The rest of the parts are 1206 or larger which looks a little more manageable.

For stuff that i design, I usually try not to go smaller than 1206

[mixedgas]

Damn, I hate to hear it didn't work. I was going to try and build one as well. Oh well, thanks for trying Adam!

TURN OFF THE AIR ! let it heat up.

Steve

[300EVIL]

TURN OFF THE AIR ! let it heat up.

Steve

Did that. I even let it heat up for 20 minutes and then flipped on the air only when I was over the surface mount cap. Still didn't work. I'll try fiddling with a better solider wick placement and try again tonight.