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| Slippyblade:
Nice to see this thread is still alive! Loving my Hakko still, I use it on a near weekly basis. Really wishing I had a good de-soldering station though. That is on the list for next major purchase, that and an O-scope. |
| ChadTower:
I thought about that for a long time too in regard to a desoldering station. Then eventually I realized that unless I was going to do serious volume desoldering it just wasn't necessary. I mean, we can do volume soldering, but volume desoldering is rare. Build up the skill with the soldapult and you'll be fine. I've seen truly skilled workers quickly swap out a whole row of large sockets with a soldapult. It can be done. |
| Slippyblade:
My biggest problem with a soldapult is that I either use it to soon, thus melting the tip, or to late and the solder has cooled. I LOVE braid though, too bad it's so expensive. |
| ChadTower:
Yeah, been there. That's just skill level. Practice more on things you don't care about. Get an old VCR and go to town on it over and over again until you stop doing that. |
| vwalbridge:
You can make fun of me all you want but for $16, this Vacuum Desoldering Iron makes life pretty easy. I love Hakko and own own the FX88D but their Desoldering gun is too expensive if you don't desolder very often. |
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