Anybody else use one of these?
I'm finding that even at minimum airflow, the air is still too high and it's blowing neighbouring components off the board. The heat has to be almost at maximum as well. Just wondering what other people's experiences are of this?
I bought it around 5 years ago and it's served me well but recently I've being doing more SMD work that involves the smallest of resistors/caps and these are a complete pain.
I've tried experimenting with a preheater plate set around 160 degrees and my hotair air temp lowered, but the main problem is the airflow is just a touch too high. Does anyone know if this can be modified? Maybe I can add a simple resistor in line to the fan motor, or change the potentiometer control?
Or perhaps better to replace the station, but what are the (budget) recommendations?
I'm finding that even at minimum airflow, the air is still too high and it's blowing neighbouring components off the board. The heat has to be almost at maximum as well. Just wondering what other people's experiences are of this?
I bought it around 5 years ago and it's served me well but recently I've being doing more SMD work that involves the smallest of resistors/caps and these are a complete pain.
I've tried experimenting with a preheater plate set around 160 degrees and my hotair air temp lowered, but the main problem is the airflow is just a touch too high. Does anyone know if this can be modified? Maybe I can add a simple resistor in line to the fan motor, or change the potentiometer control?
Or perhaps better to replace the station, but what are the (budget) recommendations?
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