On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:53:22 GMT, Lancer wrote:

+On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:17:57 GMT, james wrote:
+
+On 12 Jan 2006 10:32:57 -0800, "Professor"
wrote:
+
++Well... you guys can play around with your little toy soldering iron.
++I'll continue to use my http://www.hexaconelectric.com/thermo.html
++
++Professor
++www.telstar-electronics.com
+******
+
+FOr most surface mounted work I prefer a hot plate. Cheaper than hot
+air rework stations and just as reliable.
+
+james
+
+Is that a George Foreman hot plate?
+
*****

Actually one that is generally used in a chemistry lab. 4 inch square
top surface or even a 3 inch diameter round will do nicely on small
PCBs that are about 2 - 4 square inches.

Oh it also is nice to place the PCB on a alumina ceramic plate about
100 mils think which sits on top of the hot plate. Makes a nice smooth
surface to slide the PCB off after heating it. A second ceramic plate
is nice to slide the PCB on to let is cool down on.

james