[Boatanchors] (de) soldering question

[David]

I'm a bit late in this thread, but I've got a Goot TP-100.
It's better than my Metcal and anything else I've seen at work.
It's just like the Hakko 808, but might be a bit harder to find.
I love it and have considered buying another one, just in case :)

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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] (de) soldering question


> Get a Hakko or Goot desoldering gun and you will wonder how you ever got
> along without it. They have a trigger actuated continuous vacuum source 
> and
> adjustable heat level and are no larger than a small Weller soldering gun. 
> The
> solder that is sucked out is stored in a chamber that you empty out 
> occasionally.
> They really do an efficient job of quickly sucking the solder away which 
> then
> makes it easy to untie leads from lugs without burning everything up. The
> one-shot pumps also work after a fashion but they are really meant for the 
> small
> amounts of solder used on PC boards. They really don't fare well with the 
> volume
> of solder that lugs usually have in point to point wiring. You usually 
> have
> to apply heat for an extended period of time while you fumble with 
> triggering
> and recocking the pump several times.
>
> Regards, Greg
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