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Anyone here ever used a toaster oven to solder the LQFP or QFN Propeller packages?

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  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-09-11 20:34
    That toaster oven in the Ben Heck video is a B&D Infrawave similar to the one Tonyp12 described using in the post in General Discussion.
  • ElectrodudeElectrodude Posts: 1,665
    edited 2012-09-12 14:05
    Would a normal (ie with resistor heating elements) toaster with a fan work if I added a PID controller?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-09-12 14:43
    Would a normal (ie with resistor heating elements) toaster with a fan work if I added a PID controller?

    'Probably not the best approach:

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    But I guess you'll never know unless you try it! :)

    -Phil
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  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-09-12 15:36
    'Probably not the best approach:

    But I guess you'll never know unless you try it! :)

    -Phil

    LOL

    Phil does that thing still work? Looks like from the 60's. :)

    And is that a modem your going to toast?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-09-12 16:13
    Publison wrote:
    Phil does that thing still work? Looks like from the 60's.

    Yup, still works, so I never saw any reason to replace it, and I still use it for making toast. 'Picked it up from the St. Vincent de Paul store when I was a poor college student. It's of a late '40s vintage, so I've replaced the scary, cloth-insulated power cord with a modern grounded one.

    -Phil
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-09-12 17:09
    I did some googling on "adding a fan to a convection oven". Most of the results were from a cooking (food) perspective, but in general seemed to indicate it was not really a good idea, difficult to do right, and gave poor results compared to ovens that had them designed in. I take it these fans are not inside the oven chamber but to the rear or side, and draw hot air in from the top of the chamber and send it out to the bottom.

    I wonder if placing boards on a large piece of copper-clad or some other kind of flat metal plate would help even out any temperature differences?
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2012-09-12 17:29
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    I did some googling on "adding a fan to a convection oven". Most of the results were from a cooking (food) perspective, but in general seemed to indicate it was not really a good idea, difficult to do right, and gave poor results compared to ovens that had them designed in. I take it these fans are not inside the oven chamber but to the rear or side, and draw hot air in from the top of the chamber and send it out to the bottom.

    I wonder if placing boards on a large piece of copper-clad or some other kind of flat metal plate would help even out any temperature differences?

    I was thinking of installing one of these on the inside, kinda help mix the air around.

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  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2012-09-12 18:04
    Nice one Phil ;)
    Perhaps the toasters with the fold down sides might be better - my parents had a couple as wedding presents. Fasten one side down and fold the toaster to close ;)
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