Hot-air gun using the soldering iron

soldering iron (1)

This is a simple guide in order to adjust your soldering iron in a way it can be used as a hot-air gun.

The basic things you are going to need are an air-pump, a soldering iron, a copper tube (1/4") and a pen tip. The project is this:

1. You get a small copper tube about 7cm to 10cm and make a hole at the mid of it or a bit closer to one end. Through this hole you will fix the iron.
2. On the one end you place the pen tip, something like the one in photo 2.
3. On the other end there will be the air-pump.
4. Also you  have to fix all this on the tube.

pen tip (2)

 You can use a broken iron tip so that you can solder it to the copper tube. Solder the pen tip and a junction  hose for the pump. In order to solder them use a blowtorch and the right soldering and not the one you are using with the iron because it will melt as you can imagine.
For the pump you can use an electrical one or even a hand pump. Remember, the pump doesn't need to be very strong so that the air coming through the tip is hot enough.
To be honest i've never used this thing with a hand pump, but i'll try it sooner or later to comment on the procedure.

Good luck and happy soldering!