new reflow oven
hey lightfoot
what do you recommend in a hot air station?
I think I'm going to get a ez-bake oven to try to do better chip reflows. I can do it by hand, but there is always the risk I overheat the chip. Reflow oven would automate that, then I just need to make sure the tacky flux has the component perfectly aligned (you can bump a chip slightly with air to get it to perfectly center.
I've got an Aoyue 952 as well as a Weller WR3 rework station. The nice thing about the hot air from the Weller is that you can toggle it on/off at the hand tool. However, this is somewhat less useful than I initially expected. The other great thing about the WR3 is the vacuum de-soldering tool. If you've only ever used the manual "solder suckers," then a pro de-soldering tool will be a real treat!