SMD Rework Station

[jayhooked]

Looking for some advice on what would be a good starter rework station.  Not looking to go into business just hobby gaming console repairs and such. Thanks in advance!!

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[metrologist]

I just got an Atten 858D hot air station- they are under several brand names, but all look similar. It's the same one Dave's been using for years. Then a Hakko 888D is a good soldering iron.

[Iwanushka]

Looking for some advice on what would be a good starter rework station.  Not looking to go into business just hobby gaming console repairs and such. Thanks in advance!!

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Then for hot air you need sonething like Quick 861DW its cheapest (300 $/€) and performs same/bettet than Hakko FR-810 (500-600€ its on discount because of FR-11 or ~1000$ in US) 858D is good for home made boards but if you have 8-12layers all copper it might take 20min vs 20sec [did that board started burning well before that BGA came off, this even can happen on 2 layer baords - depends on design], for Iron Hakko FX-951 clone, with orginal tips just search for T12 controller or something like that at any China shop

PS. If  by gaming console you ment something ancient and not PS3/XBox360 then 858D is fine

Edit: miss-types stupid galaxy s6 after updates no longer has working spell check

[jayhooked]

Sorry, what i meant to say is a bga rework station. My mistake. What i am looking to do is reball ps3 gpu and cpu chips. I have a pretty descent smd rework station.  Looking to add another tool to my collection. I tried a reball and destroyed a good board.[emoji53]
I really want something with a bottom pre heat.
I would like to stay between the 200 to $500 range.

[jayhooked]

Thank you for all of the helpful info!![emoji16]

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