Has anyone else vaped with an industrial Hand Held Convection tool?

[slart]

OK International HCT-900
Hand Held Convection Tool

http://www.okinternational.it/ManualiPdf/soldering/HCT-900 manual 0306.pdf

Just had the revelation that my hot air rework station is basically a HEAVY-Duty Vape last week.
completely adj temp and Fan my short term testing with a dual chamber whip and turkey bag produced a beautiful vapor that is comparable to my friends volcano.

I see lots of people retasking soldering Irons and heatguns but searching the web which has also brought me here; it seems I might be alone in my experimentation with this type of unit.
Might be a little spendy if you didn't do any electronics rework though..
ANYONE else?

 

[exdmd]

Not for $500, thank you. Aqua Lab sells a Herb-Iron that looks similar for $70.

 

[Hippie Dickie]

i should probably get a tool like that for doing the SMT components on the pcb in my Bud Toaster.

i personally wouldn't use it to vape though, 'cause i'm an all-glass air path fanatic ... except in extreme emergencies, of course.

 

[slart]

i should probably get a tool like that for doing the SMT components on the pcb in my Bud Toaster.

i personally wouldn't use it to vape though, 'cause i'm an all-glass air path fanatic ... except in extreme emergencies, of course.

Those look great! I saw a few of your posts with the Bud Toaster.
how could i get one of those?
If they are not yet production I would be happy to review a prototype and give many honest and cconscice accountings far and wide

I already own the OKI hct so there is no additional cost.

I would have to imagine the element is AT LEAST as good or better than many of the consumer to low grade vapes, is this thinking incorrect?

 

[Hippie Dickie]

the element may be as good, but the air flow is probably through a fan (carbon particles in the air stream) and across the pcb (resin, flux, solder, RoHS?). And the plastic tubing may be questionable, re: spallation (small plastic particle bits dislodged even at low temperatures with mechanical flexing). Actually, ALL plastic is subject to spallation.

i hope to have the Bud Toaster in production by Sept 1 if beta testing (sorry, all units already assigned) goes well.

 

[slart]

the element may be as good, but the air flow is probably through a fan (carbon particles in the air stream) and across the pcb (resin, flux, solder, RoHS?). And the plastic tubing may be questionable, re: spallation (small plastic particle bits dislodged even at low temperatures with mechanical flexing). Actually, ALL plastic is subject to spallation.

i hope to have the Bud Toaster in production by Sept 1 if beta testing (sorry, all units already assigned) goes well.

according to OKI the airflow is:
Air Pump Type: Diaphragm
Air Flow: 5-20 l/min.
Further, the pump claims in some literature I have to be pre-filtered as there were instructions on replacing the pre-filter.
I will have to dis-assemble to see if air flow is routed across the PCB or not..
good point about the plastic tubing..
thanks for the advice and insights.

 

[Hippie Dickie]

you're welcome, but it's just my opinion ... thanks for the opportunity to comment -- i have to bite my tongue to not post in some of the threads on FC.

i'm not sure a diaphragm pump is any better regarding spallation -- since that design is similar to the blood pump that was found to inject little itsy-bitsy pieces of silicon into the liver of dialysis patients.

my advice is "just say no to plastic of any kind".

 

[Qbit]

Yeah it's basically all down to whether you trust the quality of the hot air or not.