You could buy one of those desoldering irons with the rubber bulb,
ditch the bulb and connect your hose there. The solder should be
cooled sufficiently by the time it reaches the hose.
Regards,
JJ
On Saturday, May 29, 2004, at 04:42 PM, Stefan Trethan wrote:
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>> I have a home-built solder sucker unit, and initially started with
>> using
>> small-diameter steel tubing (brake line bought at an auto parts
>> store),
>> and
>> the same rubber hose that you see all over engines, used as vacuum
>> line.
>> This
>> turned out to be rather unsatisfactory in terms of performance -- I
>> couldn't
>> get a high enough flow rate through it -- so I changed the fittings
>> and
>> now
>> use 1/2" copper tubing and some 5/8" or so clear tubing I picked up at
>> Lowe's
>> (home center).
>
> This must be a misunderstanding.
>
> I'm talking about a "active" solder sucker.
>
> 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.
>
> ST
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