soldersucking - desoldering station advice?

[Theo]

Yes  the weller works pretty nice, weller also has models that can do
soldering and desoldering (incl. hot air).
Most models need compressed air!
If you don't do a lot of service work I would say it's not worth the mony,
o'course thats up to you to decide.

There are a few other "more professional" options.
There are (weller) tools that fit on your normal soldering station,
like special bits that can heat all pins of a IC at once or solder bits with
a baloon attatched.
These work nice, the main advantage is that you can operate the
sucker(balloon) and the iron with one hand.

Non of the abouve will replace practise and don't work "better" as the
options discused in the privious mails.
But if you desolder real often, it might work a little quicker on some
parts.
And don't forget, only few of them can be used for SMD.


Hope this helps,

Cheers Theo.

----- Original Message -----
From: Simon <simon at dynamite.com.au>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 2:11 AM
Subject: soldersucking - desoldering station advice?


> I would like to know about powered desoldering stations.
>
> How do they compare to wick/manual pumps, do they to a much better job of
> desoldering?
>
> I have seen pictures of the Weller DS1003 Desoldering Station, looks
really
> nice, does it work well?
>
> I don't mind paying for a desoldering station, I just want to know if it
> does make desoldering a lot easier?
>
>
> Thanks
> Simon
> Canberra
> AUSTRALIA
>
>
>