[sdiy] Looking for Advice in spending a few hundred dollars on desoldering technologies.

[Doug Terrebonne]

Looks like a cheap Chinese copy of the Hakko 808 (what I have and would recommend) -

http://www.amazon.com/Hakko-808-KIT-Desoldering-Built-Vacuum/dp/B000ARPULW

Doug

--- On Sat, 5/30/09, Loscha <loscha at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Loscha <loscha at gmail.com>
> Subject: [sdiy] Looking for Advice in spending a few hundred dollars on desoldering technologies.
> To: "synth diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 10:45 PM
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200340544449
> 
>  Has anyone had experience with this Seller's item? It's
> "Virtual
> Village". I've gotten an EPROM eraser, some cables, a few
> other bits
> and bobs from them, and they've been fine.
> Item is a gun type soldering sucker; About $175au
> delivered.
> 
> =My budget for a desoldering gun doesn't extend to new at
> this point in time.
> =I don't desperately need one right away, so can wait to
> amass more funds.
> =I almost exclusively do through hole work, and want to be
> able to
> remove solder so I can change components, not just clear
> off the board
> to harvest. So I don't think a hot air blower is what I
> need, but,
> I've never used one.
> =Prefer Pistol/Gun type to be able to put into case and
> bundle into
> backpack to take over to Bill's house.
> =I don't plan to go into commercial parts harvesting. I
> wouldn't be
> using it for hundreds of germanium diodes from old PCBs or
> anything
> (well, just 100 diodes or so, actually, but, I figure
> that's a good
> test of it's functionality, and some old Logic ICs from
> some junk
> PCBs)
> =Do I go this sort of route, or wait a few weeks until I
> can afford
> Hakko or Den-On?
> =Looking to avoid false economy.
> 
>  Any input welcome, thanks.
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