> I have a home-built solder sucker unit, and initially started with usingThis must be a misunderstanding.
> 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).
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.
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