Homebrew PCBs

Steffan,
In connection with a curing oven, you might get some good information
by reading the back posts of

 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z_Bake/>

Deals with re-flow ovens using the small toaster ovens
HTH
John C

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:00:05 +0200, johncrad <John.Craddock@...>  
wrote:

> Steffan,
> In connection with a curing oven, you might get some good information
> by reading the back posts of
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z_Bake/>
> Deals with re-flow ovens using the small toaster ovens
> HTH
> John C


Thanks, i'm there too, but there isn't really much going on, is there....

ST

Nope,
Have a look at this:-
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-toaster.htm

John C

> Thanks, i'm there too, but there isn't really much going on, 
> is there....
> 
> ST

See also
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm

John C

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Trethan [mailto:stefan_trethan@...]
> Sent: 11 August 2006 19:07
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z_Bake/>
> > Deals with re-flow ovens using the small toaster ovens
> > HTH
> > John C
> 
> 
> Thanks, i'm there too, but there isn't really much going on, 
> is there....
> 
> ST

Yes, that oven even has a fan, although the sparkfun people apparently  
didn't identify it:
"An overhead shot of the AC transformer?" showing a picture of the very  
obvious split pole motor connected very obviously to a fan housing....  
welll..

I'm still not convinced such an oven will heat fast enough, but it should  
be easy to make a slot in the left side to slide a PCB in like the  
industrial prototyping ovens.

Somehow, i do not like the sparkfun people. I mean actually thinking it is  
a good idea to have PC control instead of a simply user interface just  
because they can't figure out how to make do with the pins...

Anyway, thanks for the link.
I guess i really need to get that oven and see how quick it heats up.  
Maybe i'll even add some heaters... but if it can't do a proper soldering  
profile i won't fool around with something that cooks components for 30  
minutes and instead go with the slide-in version.

Thanks


ST


On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:39:43 +0200, John Craddock  
<John.Craddock@...> wrote:

> Nope,
> Have a look at this:-
> http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-toaster.htm
> John C

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:49:43 +0200, John Craddock  
<John.Craddock@...> wrote:

> See also
> http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm
> John C


Yes, seen that one a couple of times, thank you.

ST