crazygamer
New Member
hi there im new to the forums actually tripped onto it when searching for some advice on lead free desoldering.
I got a reballing kit for ps3 and xbox 360 reworking and currently have about 5 ps3's and 8 xbox 360's ready to be reballed and brought back to working order so off i went using a heat gun to remove an xbox 360's gpu. well as most of you would probably suspect the board warped and i dont think i could actually get that one working again however i used this as an experimental xbox to see how well i could do well it didnt go too well so far i have managed to make the board bubble trying to heat up the solder with the heatgun so i could help out my rubbish soldering iron remove the lead free solder with desoldering wick. the wick got caught and ripped away a pad along with a good piece of the circuit trace! so i then ordered a really poor tool on ebay called a desolder vaccum pen. this helped but felt it needed to be an electronic vaccum to get the job done.
I have been wanting to get an achi ir 6000 but with the price of them it has been hard to rope together enough cash (about £500) so i have about £300 and just feel i should look into different methods and tools.
So far i have in mind an ir preheater (found one for £92) leaving me with roughly £200 left which i was thinking of using to get a hot air rework station which would comprise of a handheld heating gun with variable heat and airflow control and a decent soldering iron plus a desoldering vacuum. Any suggestions as to if i am thinking along the right lines with my alternative setup and if not some reccomendations within my budget?
I got a reballing kit for ps3 and xbox 360 reworking and currently have about 5 ps3's and 8 xbox 360's ready to be reballed and brought back to working order so off i went using a heat gun to remove an xbox 360's gpu. well as most of you would probably suspect the board warped and i dont think i could actually get that one working again however i used this as an experimental xbox to see how well i could do well it didnt go too well so far i have managed to make the board bubble trying to heat up the solder with the heatgun so i could help out my rubbish soldering iron remove the lead free solder with desoldering wick. the wick got caught and ripped away a pad along with a good piece of the circuit trace! so i then ordered a really poor tool on ebay called a desolder vaccum pen. this helped but felt it needed to be an electronic vaccum to get the job done.
I have been wanting to get an achi ir 6000 but with the price of them it has been hard to rope together enough cash (about £500) so i have about £300 and just feel i should look into different methods and tools.
So far i have in mind an ir preheater (found one for £92) leaving me with roughly £200 left which i was thinking of using to get a hot air rework station which would comprise of a handheld heating gun with variable heat and airflow control and a decent soldering iron plus a desoldering vacuum. Any suggestions as to if i am thinking along the right lines with my alternative setup and if not some reccomendations within my budget?