I have a T-962A reflow oven. It is the big brother of the smaller T-962. It is cheap and of Chinese make, but it does exactly what it claims to do: follow a temperature profile and reflow solder. I use it often and find its performance satisfactory (not great, but not terrible either). I would describe it as a glorified pizza or toaster oven with a built in temperature controller. It has 4 infared heating elements and a heating area that is about 1 foot by 1 foot. I picked up mine from ebay for a bit less than $400.00 from a seller in the= US. [1] http://hackaday.com/2014/11/27/improving-the-t-962-reflow-oven/ On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:07 PM, doug metzler wrot= e: > I've been bested by leadless components. The old ways - using a solderin= g > pencil, a microscope and a steady hand to place components just don't cut > it anymore. > > So I'd like to move into small scale manufacturing. Specifically I'm > thinking of a Stencil Printer, a small pick and place and a reflow oven. > For example, Manncorp has this: > > https://www.manncorp.com/2000-bt-pcb-assemblyline.html > > but I'm happy to go with devices from separate manufacturers. Adafruit h= as > a nice writeup too: > > https://learn.adafruit.com/smt-manufacturing > > I'm sure many of you have gone down this path so I thought I'd ask if you > have suggestions, recommendations, things to watch out for and any other > experiences you can share? > > I've found several websites that are a pretty good resource, but you folk= s > have always had great advice for me in the past so your experience is > incredibly valuable.My budget is probably below about $20k. > > Thank you for suggestions, input and pointers. > > DougM > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .