[Elecraft] Hakko 808 Desoldering Gun - A couple more hints

[Wallace, Andy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Hammond N=D8SS [mailto:n0ss@earthlink.net]
> Tip #1
>=20
>    Having owned my Hakko 808 desoldering gun for about a year now,
>    I've found that it's just about impossible(!) to see into the
>    (once) clear plastic 'catch' tube, which becomes badly clouded
>    by rosin fumes and all sorts of other 'crud' from desoldering.

We use Pace systems at work and the construction is similar. I
don't know if it was a Pace product or someone else's, but they
make bottle-brush type things to clean the glass tubes with.=20

They also make little sets of metal brushes of various diameters=20
with which to clean the actual sucker tips. They come in a sort of
jackknife case. You scrub the tip while the sucker is hot -- hold
the case, not the extended brush! ;-)

www.contacteast.com probably has all this, if you want to find it
cheaper you can use that site to find what's available.

The Metcal RF-heated soldering irons ($300 and up) are SUPER. I keep
hoping to find one for home someday, under a hamfest table for $5 or
so! www.metcal.com

-Andy