I’ve been dying to have a go at this ever since I read some hobbyist websites on how to do solder reflow at home. I never even thought this was possible to do on a hobbyist budget.
Electric SkilletThe idea is to use a frying pan or toaster oven to perform solder reflow for SMT circuit boards. I decided to use a skillet thinking that a toaster oven would melt components since it heats both top and bottom.
I managed to find the perfect thing. A pre-owned 9″ electric skillet from the Salvation Army shop for $3.
Believe it or not, this device is not a precision instrument. The temperature dial is simply numbered from 1 to 10. The first thing I need to do is get some idea of what actual temperature this thing gets to.
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I’ve tried a quite similar approach by drilling a hole in an aluminium block and sticking in a digital steak thermometer. It worked really nice on a kitchen heat plate…
I’ve tried a quite similar approach by drilling a hole in an aluminium block and sticking in a digital steak thermometer. It worked really nice on a kitchen heat plate…