DIY Reflow Oven (Whizoo.com)

[J C]

I've got a big project coming up using a 4 layer PCB almost all surface mount components including an esp32. As such its crazy expensive to have China populate and solder the boards ($270+parts)/5 boards. Since I suck as designing PCBs I figured I'd order the PCBs from China and do the soldering myself. I found a cheap kit to perform reflow work and just finished building it yesterday. I have the aluminum tray on order from ebay and will post more when i get the boards and try to reflow them. Anyhow, I think the kit is pretty cool, took me about 4 hours to build and luckily almost no blood (inside these ovens, its super sharp). 

[Duane Johnson]

Nice work! I've done most of my surface mount reflow work on an electric skillet. This looks more controlled :)

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 6:02 PM, J C <john.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've got a big project coming up using a 4 layer PCB almost all surface mount components including an esp32. As such its crazy expensive to have China populate and solder the boards ($270+parts)/5 boards. Since I suck as designing PCBs I figured I'd order the PCBs from China and do the soldering myself. I found a cheap kit to perform reflow work and just finished building it yesterday. I have the aluminum tray on order from ebay and will post more when i get the boards and try to reflow them. Anyhow, I think the kit is pretty cool, took me about 4 hours to build and luckily almost no blood (inside these ovens, its super sharp). 

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[J C]

not a great picture, but i'm really impressed with the quality of all the joints on this project.

On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 8:42:36 AM UTC-6, canadaduane wrote:

Nice work! I've done most of my surface mount reflow work on an electric skillet. This looks more controlled :)

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 6:02 PM, J C <john.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've got a big project coming up using a 4 layer PCB almost all surface mount components including an esp32. As such its crazy expensive to have China populate and solder the boards ($270+parts)/5 boards. Since I suck as designing PCBs I figured I'd order the PCBs from China and do the soldering myself. I found a cheap kit to perform reflow work and just finished building it yesterday. I have the aluminum tray on order from ebay and will post more when i get the boards and try to reflow them. Anyhow, I think the kit is pretty cool, took me about 4 hours to build and luckily almost no blood (inside these ovens, its super sharp). 

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[Duane Johnson]

Looks good!

BTW, is that a battery next to the battery holder?

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[J C]

nope, vibrator

On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 8:44:32 AM UTC-6, canadaduane wrote:

Looks good!

BTW, is that a battery next to the battery holder?

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:24 PM, J C <john.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

not a great picture, but i'm really impressed with the quality of all the joints on this project.

On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 8:42:36 AM UTC-6, canadaduane wrote:

Nice work! I've done most of my surface mount reflow work on an electric skillet. This looks more controlled :)

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 6:02 PM, J C <john.car...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've got a big project coming up using a 4 layer PCB almost all surface mount components including an esp32. As such its crazy expensive to have China populate and solder the boards ($270+parts)/5 boards. Since I suck as designing PCBs I figured I'd order the PCBs from China and do the soldering myself. I found a cheap kit to perform reflow work and just finished building it yesterday. I have the aluminum tray on order from ebay and will post more when i get the boards and try to reflow them. Anyhow, I think the kit is pretty cool, took me about 4 hours to build and luckily almost no blood (inside these ovens, its super sharp). 

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