I bought a $30 toaster oven from walmart and yeah you guys are right it seems to work fine.
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Joe Chisolm - Gmail <jchiso...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got a T-962A from these guys: > http://www.ownta.com/t962a-reflow-soldering-machine.html > > This is a heavy unit so shipping was expensive, though I cannot remember > exactly how much right now. It came DHL and I had it in about a week. I > paid through paypal. Got a order confirmation, shipping confirmation, > tracking number. All the normal stuff. So far I'm pretty happy with it. I > use it for prototype and kind of a mini production line. I've probably run > over 150 boards through it so far. > > 1: I got the 962A for the larger area. For a half height PCI card, > basically 2.5" x 7", I can do 3 at a time. I can fit four but I find the > quality of the joints are better with 3 max. For smaller boards I've loaded > up a dozen at a time. Max area for the 962A is 300mm x 320mm > > 2: The font panel keypad is not very good. Their membrane switch debounce > software needs a tweak in the timing. It seems to jump back a menu more > than it should. This is not a big issue though. > > 3: The built in heat profiles work well. I've done both leaded and LF. You > can also program your own profile. It's easy to do but takes a little > planning with a pencil and paper. You program in 10 second intervals. > > 4: If you are ramping the temp up rather fast it will overshoot by 20C or a > little more if the unit has not done a cycle yet. The best thing is to run > a empty cycle first to get some heat into the unit. > > 5: It does a good job of staying on the heat profile once it's warmed up. > Nothing like a big production line system will do but still good enough for > what I do. > > You might also look at a hot air gun. I got one of those before the oven. > > > On 02/28/2011 12:24 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: >> >> Does that company ship to the US? Plus for some reason I have had VERY >> bad shipping experience from europe. I live in CA and things always >> take at least 3 weeks to get here. One time I ordered a cable from >> ebay from the uk and it took 1.5 months to get here. >> >> So one one has any experience with the chinese reflow ovens? Are they >> junk or something? >> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak<k...@lilalaser.de> >> wrote: >>> >>> David Smith wrote: >>> >>>>> It seems like $320 shipped is pretty cheap for a reflow oven... to the >>>>> point where I question the quality/reliability. Getting one of these >>>>> would make assembling my boards 2-3x faster,so it's tempting. >>> >>> We successfully use the pizza oven reflow kit sold by beta-layout: >>> (same company as pcb pool) >>> http://www.reflow-kit.com/rkuk/order_products_list.html?wg=1 >>> The controller is 159 EUR and the oven 59 EUR. The controller goes >>> between the plug and the wall. So you can use a cheaper oven from the >>> local grocerie if you wish. >>> >>> Results are fine by default for small boards. For large boards, >>> components near the door receive less heat than necessary. This >>> could be rectified with aluminum foil on the inside of the window. >>> >>> >>>> There's an article on the SparkFun website where they claim that you're >>>> better off buying a domestic hot-plate (!) >>> >>> We tried the hot plate method, too. Results were mixed and depend >>> on timing and various other factors. >>> >>> ---<)kaimartin(>--- >>> -- >>> Kai-Martin Knaak >>> Email: k...@familieknaak.de >>> Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: >>> http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> geda-user mailing list >>> geda-user@moria.seul.org >>> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> geda-user mailing list >> geda-user@moria.seul.org >> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >> > > -- > Joe Chisolm > Marble Falls, Tx. > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user