LF: Rework / Reball Station Advice
Hi TJ fam. Looking to get one of these stations for general use on laptop/desktop motherboards and phones/tablets/etc. For those using the products or those knowledgeable on the topic I need some suggestions on which brands or types are better. I'm going to make a guess that IR is better than hot air. Whichever is in use though a station that can pre-heat the board would be nice.
Also I'd like a suction or such that I can use to lift off the chips once they've been melted. Do any of the stations have this as a feature or do I need another machine? Also is this really a necessity or a nicety?
Waiting on your feedback. Let me know your thoughts on it. Particularly need to re-ball some PS3's, an HP and a Toshiba before anything else.
Also I've heard that the templates don't always work out - any feedback on this as well?
Knowing the solution doesn't mean knowing the method. Yet answering correctly and regurgitation are considered "learning" and "knowledge".