Homemade Hot Air Soldering Iron

I have real hot air tools so maybe Im spoiled.

Homemade hot air soldering iron. It stops after a while. My first thought was a cheap Hot Air Rework soldering station like the Atten 858d 300AUD however Ive seen Micro Soldering Irons such as the Weller WT1010 Soldering Station with WTP90 Handpiece. Adriajunyent-ferre took a pair of cheap 5 USB soldering irons and turned them into a nifty pair of SMD soldering tweezers.

When the solder reflows you should feel the chip drop into place. INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron 15 Volts DC and 35 ampsPART II Link. After waiting a few minutes to heat up just turn the air pump on and bring it close to the device you want to remove.

Adjust the knob to set the desired temperature value hot air gun air volume adjustment must press the adjustment knob to convert. DIY Hot Air Soldering Iron Link. The soldering iron temperature is from 392-896 degrees F.

Hot air workSMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn. However it does not require direct contact unlike the soldering iron does. Now try out your soldering technique by applying hot air using your thumb to throttle the air flow.

Furthermore the unit is entirely ESD Safe ensuring you. The stations total power consumption is about 1270W with a 500W Hot Air Gun 70W Soldering Iron and 700W Preheating technology. Aug 8 2013 3.

As you see there are only seven component locations shown in the photographs but the variety will be sufficient to demonstrate basic hot-air soldering techniques. However I would only very rarely use a soldering iron to remove a surface mount package with more than 2 pins. Modern soldering irons are purely resistive loads as incandescent lamps so you can safely use a cheap triac light dimmer to vary the temperature.