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Modified kitchen oven for reflow ?

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Robert Lacoste

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone having experience, or links, regarind using a modified kitchen oven
as a small reflow oven for prototypes ? I'm wondering if adding a good
temperature controller and a air cycling system could give good results or
not. Any ideas ?

Robert
 
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Darrell Harmon

Jan 1, 1970
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Robert Lacoste said:
Anyone having experience, or links, regarind using a modified kitchen oven
as a small reflow oven for prototypes ? I'm wondering if adding a good
temperature controller and a air cycling system could give good results or
not. Any ideas ?

Robert

http://www.pcbexpress.com/stencils/stencil_article_page2.htm
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm

I just use a plain iron, but am thinking about using a toaster oven
for my fine pitch surface mount stuff someday.

Darrell Harmon
 
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Robert Lacoste

Jan 1, 1970
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Thanks Darrel for these links !
On my side I will try to do a little better than using a plain vanilla
toaster oven : I've just order a quartz-heater toaster oven ($150 or so), in
order to have fast temperature profiles, and I plan to build a
microcontroller & thermocouple based regulation board for it, in order to
implement actual reflow thermal profiles. Interestig after hours project,
isn't it ? I will keep you posted of the results !

Friendly,

Robert Lacoste - ALCIOM
http://www.alciom.com
 
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