[sdiy] fume suckers

[Troy Sheets]

You are exactly right.

We use these identical devices in our labs.

The company is called "Hakko", and the model number is 493.

-troy

On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:58:56AM -0700, perpetual wrote:
> at an ex-employers surplus auction a long while ago, i noticed these
> little black boxes who's purpose it seems was to suck fumes away while
> soldering.  they had a face that was covered with a foam material, and
> was inclined at about 45 degrees.  was i correct; is this what these
> things did?  if so, does anyone know what they were called and how i
> could get one?  i'm starting to get more and more concerned about solder
> fumes....
> 
> thanks,
> alex

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