X-Tronic Hot Air Re-working Soldering station

[Brownie]

Do any of you have experience with an X-Tronic 4000 series Hot air Re-working soldering station? There's a used one available locally on FB Marketplace. I wonder how useful or suitable it would be. "Hot air re-working"?

[stratomaster]

Hot air rework stations are meant for SMD. It's a completely different approach to soldering than what we're used to in the amp building world. 

That having been said, there are uses in amp building and repair. I use mine to remove adhesive, targeted heat shrinking (more convenient than a big heat gun), heat testing specific components, drying out and dewaxing conductive fiberboard, preheating PCB before desoldering through hole larger components like pots, and preheating chassis before making a ground connection.

[glass54]

Hi Brownie,
I own a Pace MBT station, very useful for Pedal work/PCB plated thru holes and SMD etc.
I do not own a Hot Air Attachment (Pace Thermojet, priced from A$600++ to approx $1500) Cant justify $$
I love the Pace PS90 Sensatemp (60W) irons esp for Turret work.
I would say I haven't really needed a Hot Air Gun but the Pace Solder Sucker is very useful.
I can't imagine where you would use a Hot Air Gun for Tube amp work 
One more consideration, unless you have mastered Hot Air gun with SMD pcbs, you can easily "blow" components off when trying to solder them. My Thoughts
Kind regards
Mirek

[acheld]

As mentioned, hot air is for surface mount components.

Best example to watch it being used is northridgefix on YouTube.