[sdiy] Desolder Station?

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/29/2001 8:36:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
cyborgzero at home.com writes:


> I use a crappy radio shack desoldering iron for wire components, the one
> with the vacuum ball integrated into the desoldering tip.. Yes, its kind of
> a pain to have to clear the passage each time, but if you have lots of
> solder points to deal with it is quicker and cheaper than wick.. You have to
> be careful with these, because they can really tear up traces if you aren't
> careful enough.
> 

I've got one of these too, but I retrofitted mine with a foot-long piece of 
rubber tubing with a springloaded solder sucker attached. That's not quite 
adequate for some things, so the next step is to attach about 5 feet of 
tubing with a filter and a small Gast vacuum pump on the other end. Once I 
get around to doing this, I'll let everybody know how well it works.

-Chris
"I am the electric messiah...The AC/DC god."
-My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, "Kooler Than Jesus"

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