I use the same small RadioShack iron, but I also use a hot air station now. much cleaner work. I suggest you grab a cheapy one Justin, you can get en for like 70$ on eBay with the 110v ac plug
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matt's mind
don't get the Aoyue hot air station, you'll be replacing the heating elements constantly. its a terrible model.
i use one of their soldering irons though, has worked great so far.
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The New City of York
Thanks for the heads up Matt!
Any suggestions for a good, affordable hot air station?
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matt's mind
good & affordable, i'm really not sure.
i had such a bad experience with my Aoyue, and really really have to have hot air at this point, i broke down and got one of the Zephyrtronics air pencils.
its amazing. albeit overkill if you only need hot air every once and awhile.
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Milwaukee, WI
I'm working on the Eagle files for the USB version. My first eagle project, so no promises, but I'd like to make the files available so others can get them produced for personal use.
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Cleveland, OH
If anyone wants my eagle files I'll share them as well.
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Easton, PA, USA
justinthursday wrote:
If anyone wants my eagle files I'll share them as well.
This guy right here just bought a transfer pak, first stop too. I would certainly enjoy following in your footsteps.
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Cleveland, OH
Right on. Well I will probably make some adjustments. I can't promise it's all correct since I haven't built it yet but PM me with your email and I'll get the files to you at some point.
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Easton, PA, USA
PM'ed, super cool. take your time. first runs are always tricky, and I am cool with that
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The New City of York
Jeeeez Matt... the Zephyrtronics air pencil is expensive!!!! (looks really nice though)
I might just take a chance with the Aoyue being its about $750 cheaper.
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Cleveland, OH
Well here's what I have so far:
Maybe a little more tweaking then I'll send the files over to those who PMed me about it.
I may need to make my own cart connector as the one I got from a .lbr is for the huge DMG one and it doesn't fit right.
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Hey, I have a beginner question. I think I have everything figured out, besides the power supply. What power supply did you use?
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justinthursday wrote:
I may need to make my own cart connector as the one I got from a .lbr is for the huge DMG one and it doesn't fit right.
i was just going to ask about that! not too good designing custom parts, how did you go about this? or was it a ton of googling for the .lbr?
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The New City of York
Lavar wrote:
Hey, I have a beginner question. I think I have everything figured out, besides the power supply. What power supply did you use?
The schematics call for a 9-12v
I used a 12v transformer from an old Vestax DJ mixer
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Domz wrote:
Lavar wrote:Hey, I have a beginner question. I think I have everything figured out, besides the power supply. What power supply did you use?
The schematics call for a 9-12v
I used a 12v transformer from an old Vestax DJ mixer
Thanks! I'll look around the house for a leftover power supply. Should have one laying around.