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Diy (sort of) Hot Air Station

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Maeke
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Diy (sort of) Hot Air Station

Post by Maeke »

Actually for those who love to use their soldering iron and have a 3D printer there is another cheap hot air station solution

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2227137
Parts needed are indicated in the text files (README.txt).
PS it's the same gun as in the Atten 858D.

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And while we are on the subject of the diy, low budget lab psu (won't stand a fight against a pro one, but can help):

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there is also others more advanced:

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also some other usefull things.
solder fumes extractor:

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small pcb holder

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soldring iron station

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This is awesome! I’ll definitely do a couple of these. Thanks.
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There are way more on thingiverse.
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