Homemade Hot Air Soldering Iron

Using tweezers to apply gentle pressure against the device it quickly loosens up and falls off.

Homemade hot air soldering iron. Looking for a good soldering iron. But it doesnt work well. Touch device users explore by touch or with swipe gestures.

SparkFun has a decent tutorial. The soldering iron seems to work absolutely flawlessly. However I would only very rarely use a soldering iron to remove a surface mount package with more than 2 pins.

This hot air soldering iron is not limited to SMT surface mount technology devices or super thin soldering wire. However it does not require direct contact unlike the soldering iron does. The hot air gun is identical to a soldering iron as it heats up the soldering lead to secure the component on the board.

I have tried something similar with steel wool and a Radio Shack desoldering iron. The project is this. However for bigger parts an embossing gun from the local hobby store about 20 does a great job.

When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Aug 8 2013 3. Modern soldering irons are purely resistive loads as incandescent lamps so you can safely use a cheap triac light dimmer to vary the temperature.

Im wondering when and if I need to upgrade. 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. Hot air workSMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn.