Texas Instruments IC's

[Harry Bissell]

I'd toss in a roll of solder wick (braid) in small or medium (both?) width.
Sometimes that
Soldapult will let you down... I use the braid MUCH more than the Soldapult...

OTOH I have the old "non-safe" unit with the exposed plunger... Pop yourself
right in the face if you aren't careful...  (or goose the spouse with it - )

H^) harry

Jon Parker wrote:

> >     LM3046 is the National Semiconductor part number for the RCA CA3046
> (now
> > made by intersil).  There are lots of good places to get this part (one of
> my
> > favorites).  I got mine from JDR (http://www.jdr.com), or you can get them
> from
> > Jameco (http://www.jameco.com), or digikey (http://www.digikey.com), and
> many
> > others.  Best of all, they are cheap ($0.40->0.50 range).  As far as I
> know TI
> > never made this part.
> >
> >     I have a list of useful parts and where to get them at
> > http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/usefulparts/usefull.html
>
> Jim and others,
> This is all good information.  Now I can't believe I payed $4 for the ECG
> equivelent (especially when a lot of my diy budget comes from my loose
> change at the end of the day.)
>
> On another note, I recently bought a Edsyn 951SX soldering station (quite an
> upgrade from my cheap butane RS wannabe) and an Edsyn solderpullt
> soldersucker.  Things I never knew I NEEDED till I got on this list back in
> January.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jon Parker
> Jazz Pianist
> Denver CO USA
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