[sdiy] Aoyue 2702A+ re-work station

[Tony Rolando]

I guess I was just looking for some opinions on the Aoyue. I was going 
to exchange it for a different tool, because I have not had good luck 
with it thus far. However, I thought that if perhaps somebody on the 
list had one, and was getting good use of it, perhaps they could share 
some tips. Or maybe mine is just not working properly.

The most annoying thing is that I must clear the filter in the Solder 
removal gun after every other pin on a DIP type IC. This does not make 
the work go much faster then using a hand held "solder bulb." Is this 
just what one may expect in a $250 re-work station?

Tony

Julian wrote:
> I have a Hakko 700C, which is the same sort of idea.
>
> http://www.dancap.co.uk/Discontinued/discontinued-units.htm
>
> What was it that you were wanting to know?
>
> Julian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Anybody else used one of these re-work stations. Picked on up on sale 
>> last week. Having a real hard time getting any good use from this 
>> tool. I thought perhaps there was something I missed in set-up or 
>> use... the manual is only a couple pages long and leaves much to be 
>> figured out by experimentation.
>>
>> Here is the link:
>>
>> http://store.sra-solder.com/product.php/6268/26
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Tony
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