[sdiy] Aoyue 2702A+ re-work station

[BrightBoy]

Perhaps you should have bought the much praised
Den-On SC7000Z:

http://www.howardelectronics.com/den-on/sc7000.html

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Rolando <tony at makenoisemusic.com>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2010 12:25 PM
>To: Julian <julian at port23.co.uk>
>Cc: synth diy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Aoyue 2702A+ re-work station
>
>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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