On Saturday 29 May 2004 05:05 pm, Stefan Trethan wrote:
> >> I'm talking about a "active" solder sucker.
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean by that.
> I mean a heated solder sucker, with heated tip.
The only thing I've seen that would come close to this is a soldering iron
which has a hollow tip, and the vacuum plumbing, and those tips are
expensive.
> >> The type that has a metal hollow tip, attached to a metal pipe which is
> >> heated. the back end of this metal pipe has to carry the hose.
> > You want to flow solder around some plumbing, and maintain the stuff
> > liquid the whole time? Why?
> Because it is great for desoldering.
>
> Have you never seen such a unit? That is not my invention, such things
> are available commercially.
Nope, never saw anything like it. (See above.)
> I do not flow it around plumbing, at the end of the hot tube there will be
> some filter stopping it.
I too have a filter in line with my setup -- the pumps are "diaphragm" type
and I sure wouldn't want anything to get in there. It's an old glass-bowl
fuel filter. <g>
That setup, in conjunction with a standard soldering iron, works well for me
for the most part.