Reddit Reddit reviews Aoyue 968A+ SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station

We found 14 Reddit comments about Aoyue 968A+ SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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Aoyue 968A+ SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station
4 in 1 repairing station with a Hot Air, a 70Watt Soldering Iron, vacuum pickup and a Smoke AbsorberMaintains a constant set temperature when the set and the value is reachedDigital display for the Hot Air of the actual and set temperatures with touch controlBuilt in Air Flow gauge and knob adjustment for the air flowDigital Display for soldering iron and a digital calibration and auto sleep function
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14 Reddit comments about Aoyue 968A+ SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station:

u/neuromonkey · 14 pointsr/raspberry_pi

A couple of things come to mind:

A) Cool.

B) Instead of drilling through your stencils, I recommend using a finishing nail or an awl and banging pilot divots. This centers and guides the drill bit, and keeps you from killing your stencil, just in case.

3) Try heat shrink tubing. It's not terribly expensive, it's fun to use, and it makes you look clever.

D) In the event that you ever want people to think that you are very clever, get a decent soldering iron. If you have a lot of extra money to throw around, get a fancy Weller station. If not, I recommend the adorable Hakko FX-888. Now that the analog version has been discontinued, it's hard to find on sale, but... they're fantastic. If you want to feel fancy, you could get something like this. Look at all those bits! I don't know either!

u/hmbemis · 5 pointsr/AskElectronics

For a soldering station I would consider new unless you find a great deal on something... For example, I use this at work, it's never given me a problem and it's used quite often (we're a semi conductor manufacturer and I share the lab with another)--granted we use a set of Wellers for most of the soldering, but the Aoyue gets high use for the heat gun and occasionally the soldering iron. I liked it so much that I bought one for home, yeah it's a bit high, but if you're doing SMD or other soldering stuff you will appreciate some of the features and included items.


I'm not sure about power supplies, but one good thing there is that age is usually not a big issue, and if you're just needing standard supplies you can probably get away with a decent 12V supply and then build a few regulators for lower voltages.


I've heard that Rigol oscilloscopes are a great value, and that that the lower rate units can be firmware hacked to higher rates. Personally the trouble I have is that after using $5000 Tektronics scopes at work I can hardly even stand to step down to a $2000 Tektronics, so I can't imagine what using a $350 Rigol would feel like... but if you have nothing, this isn't bad.



I'd also check out ham radio flea markets. BTW I have to say that if you are into electronics and what to make a life/career there is no better place to be than into amateur radio. the ARRL handbook alone is an amazing reference. As a personal responsible for documentation at my work I'm blown away by the quality of the writing for those handbooks. Even older copies are great and they're usually cheap. I have a 2003 copy at work and reference it regularly for either the information I need or a great starting place for researching a topic.

u/Harbingerx81 · 5 pointsr/electronics

Extreme overkill probably, but if you really want to spoil him...Best investment I have made tool-wise.

If he is just getting started I doubt he will need the hot-air rework side of things, but after a while soldering I wanted one for a long time before I actually got around to picking one up...

Mainly posting this here because I am a big Aoyue fan and everything here is Hakko and Weller.

u/jamesholden · 4 pointsr/electronic_circuits

SRA-Solder has items on Amazon, they sell Aoyue products in the US.

this would blow your whole budget, but would set you up so you could solder almost anything.

u/AutoItKing · 2 pointsr/electronic_cigarette
u/vedicvoyager · 2 pointsr/AskElectronics

I have an aouye 968A+, it has very precise controls for both the heat gun and pencil. great value. amazon and sra soldering have complete kits including parts, it's better to buy from them than on ebay.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006FA481G

u/averypoliteredditor · 2 pointsr/computertechs

One more question... do you personally use wicks or a pump for desoldering? If you prefer a pump, can you recommend one?

Might go with this newer version because it comes with more tips.

u/Isvara · 1 pointr/electronics

Consider [this Aoyue soldering station] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006FA481G). It's really great for the price. I've been using one for a couple of years for through-hole and surface mount work, and I've been very happy with it.

u/jchan94 · 1 pointr/MechanicalKeyboards

The BEST value IMO, is this. After I got this, I regret getting my hakko.

u/cubanjew · 1 pointr/electronics

>a reflow oven costs a lot of money, and a homemade one might burn down the house. A frying pan on the other hand >.>

You can get a decent hot air rework station (with soldering iron) for under $200.


https://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-968A-Digital-Rework-Station/dp/B006FA481G/

u/kerowhack · 1 pointr/Multicopter

Aoyue makes a few similar rework stations for a lot less money than Hakko or others, like this one: Aoyue 968A+ SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station. I've found their irons to be nicer than the lower end Wellers for the same price, and almost as nice as the much more expensive Hakko stuff. Just a quick tip for anyone who might find one occasionally useful, but doesn't need one daily.