From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 13:17:28 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A4682040154; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:17:28 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <9.007DD813@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:03:18 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 8900 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:03:08 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 0602; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:01:29 -0500 Received: from mail.3mtmp.com [141.117.25.187] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:01:28 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mail.3mtmp.com Received: from s25-20.resnet.ryerson.ca ([141.117.25.20] helo=3mtmp.com) by mail.3mtmp.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18Co5c-0008CK-00 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:33:24 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3DD502E6.319C@ezy.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <3DD57579.E581CD5D@3mtmp.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:30:17 -0600 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Josh Koffman Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600735 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 000007a4-0000 As an aside, I was looking at the homemade hot air tool discussed on the list a while back. Pictures at http://www.usbmicro.com/apps/ . I bought the desoldering tool, but I have yet to get a pump. Has anyone made one of these and used it? Any advice on pumps? I'd imagine if the pump blows too quickly the air won't have enough time to heat up. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Roman Black wrote: > too? Maybe every beginner should have a little > hot-air gun next to their soldering iron?? > Just a thought. :o) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.