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| ShadowReaper:
I am thinking of buying the aoyue 968: http://www.aoyue.com/en/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=359 which has both soldering iron and hot air and I can afford the money for the station. What's your opinion about the station? Should I buy it or it would be better to buy a soldering station only (without the hot air)? |
| Simon:
Depends on what you want to do |
| ShadowReaper:
--- Quote from: Simon on August 07, 2010, 12:58:17 pm ---Depends on what you want to do --- End quote --- Thank you for your reply. Could you elaborate or give an example? |
| Valhallasmith:
--- Quote from: ShadowReaper on August 07, 2010, 01:29:36 pm --- --- Quote from: Simon on August 07, 2010, 12:58:17 pm ---Depends on what you want to do --- End quote --- Thank you for your reply. Could you elaborate or give an example? --- End quote --- Well, are you going to do anything that required hot air? Typically this means small pitch items with hard to get at pads. Like small chip scale packages. |
| Zyvek:
I have an all-in-unit that is similar, and it also has a desoldering gun. http://www.circuitspecialists.com/prod.itml/icOid/9766 Not a bad deal, and if you are short on bench space they reduce your foot print. I've done SOIC, with the iron and SMT with the hot air gun as well. They are pretty versatile, and there are a lot of iron tips and air nozzles available, including SMT tweezers (I haven't bought one of those yet, but it's on the wish list). The big downside is if the machine goes down you might be totally out of luck vs. having separate machines FWIW |
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