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Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens

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pcdhobbs@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 4:41:07 PM UTC-4, Dave M wrote:
>> Anyone have any experience or have colleagues who have experience using the
>> Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens such as those being sold on the evil
>> auction place?  The one I've looked at is item number:262955348183 (Model
>> T962).
>>
>> My eyes have become the major challenge to producing the one- or two-off
>> projects, since many of the parts that are available today are only made in
>> SMD packages.   I realize that placing them onto the board still remains a
>> challenge, but at least with a proper oven, I won't have to hold a soldering
>> iron steady enough to build the boards.
>>
>> This model seems to be big enough to handle all the boards that I want to
>> make, so that is a plus.  Just wondering if this model produces good boards
>> with no unsoldered areas, damaged components, etc.  If it can consistently
>> produce good boards, I'll take a chance on one of them.  Reading the
>> Chinglish instructions is scary enough , but maybe I can figure it out well
>> enough to make it work.
>>
>> Hope someone can give good advice
>>
>
> I use a piece of half-inch aluminum jig plate on top of an old-timey
> Corning ceramic hot plate, the kind used in chem labs.
>
> Works great and takes up a lot less space than an oven.

Sweet! This means one less footprint in my lab.

The aluminum jig plate seems easy enough to fabricate. Is there any
particular reason that you use aluminum?

My Corning ceramic hot plate comes with a "stir" feature that obviously
isn't necessary for reflow. Other than that it has a power button and
a rheostat with an internal switch with a knob that's labeled from 0 to
10.

So, how do you control your hotplate? Do you use a reflow controller?
Or do you just use a thermometer and "eyeball it" until the paste
reflows?

In regards to the OP's question about the T962 oven, people complain
about its fumes.

Thank you,

--
Don Kuenz, KB7RPU

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Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens "Dave M" <dgminala@mediacombb.net> - 2017-10-08 15:40 -0500
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens pcdhobbs@gmail.com - 2017-10-08 13:45 -0700
    Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-10-08 23:52 +0100
    Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> - 2017-10-08 23:18 +0000
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-10-08 16:34 -0700
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens pcdhobbs@gmail.com - 2017-10-09 13:05 -0700
    Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-10-09 14:00 -0400
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jan Panteltje <pNaOnStPeAlMtje@yahoo.com> - 2017-10-09 19:06 +0000
        Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-10-09 15:47 -0400
        Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens krw@notreal.com - 2017-10-09 21:28 -0400
          Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-10-10 08:00 +0100
            Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens krw@notreal.com - 2017-10-10 21:42 -0400
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-10-09 14:16 -0500
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jan Panteltje <pNaOnStPeAlMtje@yahoo.com> - 2017-10-10 11:07 +0000
        Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens aioe usenet <hirni47@yahoo.com> - 2017-10-12 05:00 +0700
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-10-08 14:17 -0700
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Gerhard Hoffmann <gerhard@hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de> - 2017-10-08 23:26 +0200
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Neon John <no@never.com> - 2017-10-08 17:54 -0400
    Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-10-09 14:17 -0400
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens krw@notreal.com - 2017-10-09 21:35 -0400
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-10-08 15:37 -0700
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-10-08 15:44 -0700
    Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-10-08 16:01 -0700
      Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-10-08 16:45 -0700
        Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-10-08 16:49 -0700
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Joe Chisolm <jchisolm6@earthlink.net> - 2017-10-09 11:41 -0500
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-10-09 14:13 -0500
  Re: Chinese-made reflow soldering ovens speff <spehro@gmail.com> - 2017-10-12 00:32 -0700

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