DIY solderSUCKER PLANS !!!

[Harry Bissell]

The aquarium pump is an AIR pump... normally designed to aerate the tank...

not one of those filter pumps... they go underwater....

One Jar is a solder trap / reservoir... the aquarium pumps are slow to suck a
vaccuum...
this gives enough time to do a few holes before pausing...

Jar two is if you can't find a pump with an INLET fitting... most cheap pumps
just
suck in through their case... a lot of them are vibrator pumps. A piston pump is
better, but
dead if solder gets into it....

The PACE station uses a diaphram pump BTW...

The pumps last a long time... I fire it up only to unsolder a lot. The design is
adapted from one my ex-employer had for a whole line... they had one BIG vaccuum
pump for about
15 benches. Thats where the "handle" design came from. Worked GREAT, but needed
the little caps or your co-worker sucked up all your vaccuumm (maybe BLEW all
your vaccuum ????)

H^)

Theo wrote:

> Cool  :-)
> How does the aquarium pump hold up, doesn't it need to be underwater??
> And what about a fan ontop of the solder trap, one jamjar less.
>
> Cheers Theo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
> To: mark scetta <n0nspaz at loa.com>
> Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 4:07 AM
> Subject: DIY solderSUCKER PLANS !!!
>
> > Here's the DIY version...
> >
> > H^)
> >
> > mark scetta wrote:
> >
> > > how do y'all do your desoldering, without damaging components? i have
> used
> > > 1. a heavyduty springloaded type of solder sucker, which will sometimes
> rip
> > > the traces right off the board, 2. a cute squeezable rubber ball type of
> > > sucker, and 3. solderwick, which i cannot for the life of me make work.
> any
> > > tips?
> > >
> > > mark
> >
>
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