Hi Markus,
If the recommendation is specifically for doing Amiga recaps, I would
actually suggest getting a second soldering iron instead. Using two irons,
removing these caps is trivially easy - it's the only way I do it now. I do
have a hot air station, and have built two ReAmiga 1200s from scratch so am
not suggesting a hot air station doesn't have solid use cases obviously!
(Several good ones suggested here already). But I really would recommend
trying using two irons for this, my second is just a cheap $30 thing I got
ages ago, not something I'd use for precision work - but with my Hakko on
the other side at the same time, removing SMD caps is effortless.
Hope this is useful! Good luck with your projects!
Mark
(aka @retrotective on Twitter)
On Sat, 14 May 2022 at 16:53, James Alexander <james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
minor correction: was supposed to be with 3 tips* with the Feita unit.
Also forgot it as selectable temp setting like most of them do.
On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 2:18 PM James Alexander
<james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
wrote:
I got a Feita 858D from amazon nearly a month ago & used it a few
times & had no problems, it works well so far. It's just a hot air
station (no soldering station included) with 3 times. But it is 1 of
the cheaper units. I paid $45 when I got mine. So far I been using
it on my C64 setup so just on through hole components no smd's yet.
On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 2:01 PM Markus Naslund <gthlhockey2006@xxxxxxxx>
recapping projects on say Amiga computers, etc? And I'm not referring to
What would be a recommended hot air station for doing multiple
one of the $29 Chinese units LOL.
brevity.
-Mark.
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