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

[Julian]

I ment to post to the list before, but sent from the wrong account...

I was trying to say that i have an older hakko, and have been very impressed 
with the hakko agent here in england.  Spares availibility for such an old 
unit (mine is a 700c) is superb, which, ultimatly, meens that the lifespan 
of the unit is increased.

Id worry about tracking down spares for an unbranded unit.

Julian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Terrebonne" <dougt55 at yahoo.com>
To: "synth diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "Loscha" <loscha at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Looking for Advice in spending a few hundred dollars 
ondesoldering technologies.


>
> 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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