Xiaofan,

    I have no complaints about the cheaper hot air station.  We also have a
nice weller hot air station, but I've had just as much luck using using the
hakko knock off from sparkfun.

James


On 1/9/06, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/10/06, James Humes <james.humes@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not to disagree with the "more is more" philosophy, but I have done a
> lot of
> > small surface mount work with this cheap hot air station
> >
> >
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=76&osCsid=9288923d11c512b7ac65869359da14d0
> > #
> >
> > including putting on a 28 pin QFN, although I don't recommend that at
> > first:)
> >
> > James
>
> Hi James,
>
> This one looks quite like the Hakko 905 we have but with a much cheaper
> price tag. And out Hakko 905 died and the reparing cost is high.
> Interestingly
> one of the main use for the Hakko 905 is to solder QFNs.
>
> Maybe I can ask my boss to buy this cheap guy to have a try.
>
> How do you like it so far?
>
> Regards,
> Xiaofan
>
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