[time-nuts] I love the smell of tantalum in the morning

[Bryan _]

Surprisingly the 852D+ which is a very cheap rework station is quite good. Quite a few reviews on the EEVblog.


-=Bryan=-


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From: time-nuts <time-nuts-bounces at febo.com> on behalf of Bob Stewart <bob at evoria.net>
Sent: November 5, 2016 12:18 PM
To: Tom Van Baak; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] I love the smell of tantalum in the morning

Hi Tom,
Personally, I wouldn't touch this without a hot air gun.  I don't know what your budget is.  What I consider reasonable may be an order of magnitude smaller than for you.  So, I use a generically labeled 852D+ rework combo.  It has both solder pencil and hot air gun.  There are better hot air guns for a reasonable price that have a better system for changing the nozzles.  OTOH, I've heard some complaints about this "better" system where the nozzle has fallen off.  If you've got a Pace soldering system, then you already know what to do.  =)

Bob




      From: Tom Van Baak <tvb at LeapSecond.com>
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 Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 2:12 PM
 Subject: [time-nuts] I love the smell of tantalum in the morning

See C13 in the attached photo. I need to replace some blown caps on a few boards [1]. In one instance the cap got so hot it melted itself off the board. Quiet convenient, actually -- it acts like its own fuse -- but I don't think the 5071 designers had that clever feature in mind.

Having not done SMT before, how should I do it with minimal risk to the very precious PCB. Or, what equipment should I use this as a good excuse to buy?

Thanks,
/tvb

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