Looking for SMD rework station, suggestions?

[darksun9210]

cool,
speaking as a total novice,
what would i need to:-
remove/replace through hole mounted sockets and componants, and surface mount stuff?
specificly, 72pin sim sockets, 68040/060's, surface mount voltage regulators / caps / IC's...

would one of these stations be helpfull?

i get the idea of a temperature controlled soldering iron, and will probably get one, but i don't get how a hot air gun could be usefull? also, de-soldering through hole mounted stuff, whats best? solder wick, or a vacuum pump? or ...?

blatantly i'm going to be doing amiga work so i want to get it right! :-)  but i'll be practicing on old PC mainboards till i get it right :-D
the last thing i want to do is to goto maplin's to get a £5 soldering iron and start poking my miggy will it! :lol:

[darksun9210]

ok, i'm pretty much sold on the hot air station idea,
i'm looking at an aoyui968 repair station, and i think i may be asking for it for xmas :lol:

what i'll need it for:-
72pin simm socket replacements on A4000
Bliz1240 -> 1260 upgrade, CPU change and voltage regs
BlizPPC040 -> PPC060 upgrade, cpu change and voltage adjustment
DCE bliz1260 simm socket change from angled to inline
A4000/A1200/A600/CD32 cap replacement
A600 trapdoor memory expansion build
A600 accelerator build
030 -> 060 socket adapter with memory build (yeah right ;-) )

i still don't get how you solder/desolder with what is to all intents and purposes a super hot mini hair dryer? :lol:

[darksun9210]

Super hot air heats up solder, solder melts, remove part. What's not to understand?

:lol: well i got that bit, i just didn't get how it removes the solder cleanly, or if it poses a risk to the PCB or other components :-D

so it doesn't remove the solder, and i have a heck of a clean up job, plus i may have toasted some other components aswell. hmmmm... i don't think i'll be using a hot air gun to remove the 040 from a blizzPPC card  :-o :lol: