Anyone off to VCF-UK

On 29/05/10 18:07, Tony Duell wrote: I've got a "Cookworks" mini-oven (which came from Argos, natch). At the 250C setting, it heated up to almost 300C before the bimetal thermostat tripped. 525 seconds from room temperature (25C or so) to 300C, for a thermal gradient of 1.75 Celsius per second. Put it this way: it makes a good SMD soldering oven (google for Kenneth Maxon's article on the subject in the Seattle Robotics Society newsletter, "Encoder")... One of these days I'll put a proper temperature control on it. And add some thermal insulation to the door and handle section -- it gets bloody hot! Might improve the thermal gradient a bit (though it really only needs to be ~1C/sec once the oven cavity is warm). -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/