Oakkar7 shares his experience repairing his hot-air station: I quickly checked the problem. There is no air flow at the nozzle. But I still heard the air compressor sound. Today, I tear down and find out the problem. My rework station is a cheap china made, LK852D brand. Here is what inside.
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Weller DS701E soldering-desoldering station repair
Gelbanana had some free time on his hands and he decided to try and repair an old Weller DS701E soldering-desoldering station he had laying around. The problem was diagnosed to a couple of bad capacitors. After a quick replacement, the station started working as expected, with the exception of the desoldering iron heater. While waiting […]
Troubleshoot and repair a defective LCD monitor
Victor took apart a defective LCD monitor and repaired it. The LCD didn’t respond at all to the power button, so chances were good something was off in the power supply. Sure enough there was a bulging cap, replacing it revived the monitor and saved it from the landfill. Some time ago I was donated […]
Bus Pirate repair
Sal_The_Tiller posted a Flickr photoset of his Bus Pirate repair. Delicate surface mount surgery to replace a broken PIC chip: …I’ve got a permanent workspace and some projects that could use a Bus Pirate, but I’m too cheap to buy a new one. Therefore I decided to replace the PIC24 chip by hand. Using a […]
Repair your own oscilloscope
Hotsolder repaired his malfunctioning Rigol, A bad rotary encoder can make your tools useless in worst cases. Fortunately it is an easy fix, he has created a slide show demonstrating just how easy it is. Via Hack a Day