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Yihua 959D question

 

Hello all,?
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I just purchased my first hot air rework station.? ?It is a Yihua 959D, Amazon Prime Day deal.?
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It appears to be well made and well thought out.??
It came with a few different size nozzles and a small black plastic handle like thing with a screw and a formed wire thingy.? ?I have no clue what this for.? If anybody can educate me as to what this is and for,? I would appreciate it.
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Thank you,
Eric?
 

I believe it is to slide under an IC that you are unsoldering so you can lift it off the board.?

73 Don ve3ids?

On Sat., Jul. 20, 2024, 12:23 p.m. Eric K7EBR via , <kerfwappie=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,?
?
I just purchased my first hot air rework station.? ?It is a Yihua 959D, Amazon Prime Day deal.?
?
It appears to be well made and well thought out.??
It came with a few different size nozzles and a small black plastic handle like thing with a screw and a formed wire thingy.? ?I have no clue what this for.? If anybody can educate me as to what this is and for,? I would appreciate it.
?
Thank you,
Eric?
 

Thank you.? That would make sense.?
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Cheers,?
Eric
 

Marshmallow roaster?
Seriously, it would make it easier for folks to help you if you included a clue to the scale, like a coin or ruler, in the photo.? Or provide a dimension instead of "small".
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73, Don N2VGU
 

Here another picture of the station and it's components.? The item in question is on the foreground.?
 

I assume it is the part that you mount as a storage space for the handset.
There should be a small magnetic switch that lowers the temperature when you place the handset on it during operation
 

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Eric,

I don’t know if you have any experience with other hot air rework devices but what is your opinion so far as far as quality/price? ?I don’t need the $350 Hako but every so often could use something like this. ?I have a Hako I can borrow but just don’t like borrowing someone else’s tools. ?I can wait for you to use it for a while for an answer. ?I am sure the group will like to know but you can email me direct at djwilcox01 at gmail. ?Thank you in advance. ?I just received a built ATS3a and an ATS3b and may want to make some changes.

Be the REASON someone smiles today.

Dave K8WPE

On Jul 20, 2024, at 12:23?PM, Eric K7EBR via groups.io <kerfwappie@...> wrote:

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Hello all,?
?
I just purchased my first hot air rework station.? ?It is a Yihua 959D, Amazon Prime Day deal.?
?
It appears to be well made and well thought out.??
It came with a few different size nozzles and a small black plastic handle like thing with a screw and a formed wire thingy.? ?I have no clue what this for.? If anybody can educate me as to what this is and for,? I would appreciate it.
?
Thank you,
Eric?
 

There's a video on the Amazon web site for this unit that shows using the wire 'fork'.
One leg of the fork is slid under a long IC to lift the component after heating it with the hot nozzle.

The 'Quick User Guide' ,? which can also be easily found with a Google search' mentions that the long wire thingy is especially good for lifting components that the small tweezers can't fit around.?

Looks potentially useful.

Greg. KI4NVX?


On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 1:28 AM, Eric K7EBR via groups.io
<kerfwappie@...> wrote:
Here another picture of the station and it's components.? The item in question is on the foreground.?
 

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Eric K7EBR wrote…

It came with a few different size nozzles and a small black plastic handle like thing with a screw and a formed wire thingy. I have no clue what this for.

A listing for the 959D on Amazon has a picture of the assembled tool and calls it…

“an IC Popper - an alternative tool to extract ICs from the board, especially when the ICs size is beyond the grip of a pair of tweezers”


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73 Keith VE7GDH
 

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All the Yihua Amazon sites have excellent videos showing how everything works.

Be the REASON someone smiles today.

Dave K8WPE

On Jul 21, 2024, at 7:00?AM, Keith VE7GDH <ve7gdh@...> wrote:

?Eric K7EBR wrote…

It came with a few different size nozzles and a small black plastic handle like thing with a screw and a formed wire thingy. I have no clue what this for.

A listing for the 959D on Amazon has a picture of the assembled tool and calls it…

“an IC Popper - an alternative tool to extract ICs from the board, especially when the ICs size is beyond the grip of a pair of tweezers”


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73 Keith VE7GDH
 

Thank you very much everybody.? This is all new to me.? ?I've watched several You Tube videos about it and a few about rework in general.? ?I have several boards from old computers and televisions to practice on before I jump into my radios.
Thanks again,?
73
Eric
 

I have been using this station for the past 5 years, it has never missed a beat: ? ?
The hot air works well and the soldering iron takes Hakko tips.? It comes with spare air and solder heaters and an assortment of tips.? I surgically removed the smoke sucker pipe from the iron.
It is handy to have two irons available for removing two-terminal SMD parts.
73, Don N2VGU
 

I used it today to pop off a larger IC.... works great? ??
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Thanks all.?
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Eric
 

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I second Don's analysis.? I also have one and found the solder sucker to always be in the way so I removed it.? I also have 2 of the hot air stations and find them invaluable.? A friend uses an embossing tool like Hobby Lobby and Joanne's sells.? The nice thing about the hot air stations compared to the embossing tool is the hot air stations come with an assortment of nozzles.? I prefer the small nozzles but only because I worry about frying a larger IC with too much heat.? Also the hot air stations are variable temperature so you set it where you want.? As a plus if you set the gun in its holder it cools down and shuts off automatically so even if you forget and leave it on it will not ruin the element like leaving a soldering iron on and won't likely start a fire.

The hot air stations are also great for building smt projects since manufacturers are eliminating through hole parts.? I am getting old like a lot on this list and my eyesight is not the best but the hot air station makes it easy to build a project and you have to be sure and set the air volume control low enough that it does not blow parts into outer space!? I do use a 7x magnifying glass and a Donigan visor for placing the parts.? You can be a little sloppy with part placement as the capilary action of the solder paste will pull the part onto the pads where if you use a soldering iron like I do on the SOIC (SA612) parts you have to place the part pretty close where the hot air station will pull the part into alignment on the pads.

Good luck with your choice/

Jim Pruitt
WA7DUY

On 7/21/2024 7:42 AM, Donald S Brant Jr via groups.io wrote:

I have been using this station for the past 5 years, it has never missed a beat: ? ?
The hot air works well and the soldering iron takes Hakko tips.? It comes with spare air and solder heaters and an assortment of tips.? I surgically removed the smoke sucker pipe from the iron.
It is handy to have two irons available for removing two-terminal SMD parts.
73, Don N2VGU
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I got one of these, too! Works great on solder AND heat shrink tube!
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73
Karl
KI4ZUQ

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