Looking for SMD rework station, suggestions?

[CodePoet]

@redrumloa

I bought a stack of Xytronic soldering/desoldering equipment from HEI (howard electronics) about 6 years ago, and they're still going great!

I've worked on boards from medium to large complexity without any issues at all Here's a linky: http://www.howardelectronics.com/xytronic/lf8000850dtp.html

Mine is the NON-leadfree version of the above link. I'm sure they'd do the same non-LF version much cheaper if you ask since they're trying to get rid of them. Below are a few links of a couple of homebrew PCBs I've assembled with it:

Processor board
Simulator board
Board I can't talk about yet

...And here is a commercially produced PCB from ourPCB.com, but was assembled using the above rework equipment:

GPSBiTS tracker

Hope this helps

[CodePoet]

Hmm, not only can you not talk about it, I see you pixelated names on the board, too. By the glowing flux capacitor near the center, I think I know what this board does - but where did you get the Plutonium ?

Ebay of course! It has one billion gigajoules and is backwards compatible with Zorro II :crazy: