[sdiy] Desoldering/Rework Stations

[mike ruberto]

I'm primarily looking for vacuum desoldering for thru-hole components.
It's 99% of what I work on. Something more like this...
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/WDD81VIL

Preferably less expensive if possible...

Mike

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Veronica Merryfield
<veronica.merryfield at shaw.ca> wrote:
> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=WD1001-ND
> and add a few tips. Get a magnifier as well - they stock one at about $80.
>
>  They also do tweezer irons but they may be above your current budget. A
> nice pair of ceramic tipped tweezers are useful - the ceramic stops the
> solder sticking to the tweezers when you're holding a component. I once had
> a pair with these little heatsinks on them so you're fingers didn't get hot
> but I can't find a supplier.
>
>
>
>  On 5-Apr-08, at 12:05 PM, mike ruberto wrote:
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> > It seems I can no-longer live without one of these. I'm real handy
> > with my old hand tools but I need to speed things up as I have much
> > work on it's way.'
> >
> > Any suggestions in the under $500 range?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Mike
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