Hi-
I bought the desoldering tool and a pump, but haven't actually used it yet.
The originator did descibe putting some steel wool into the nozzle to help
the air heating.  This is described at the parent page:
http://www.usbmicro.com/apps.html which is html and includes the pictures.
Good luck, let us know how you get on.
David

Josh Koffman wrote:

> 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
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> Roman Black wrote:
> > too? Maybe every beginner should have a little
> > hot-air gun next to their soldering iron??
> > Just a thought. :o)
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