[Elecraft] Hakko 808 De-Soldering Tool -- Great Tool!

[Steve Lawrence]

Elecrafteers and home brewers...
What might be the second most important tool on your workbench?  Until 
this week, I was frustrated in the difficulty in de-solding -- not that I 
make mistakes, but that I make changes....  ;-)

De-soldering tools have been mentioned here in the past, but little did I 
realize how efficient and productive such a tool could be, until an Hakko 
808 arrived from:

        http://www.tequipment.net/Hakko808.html

Priced at about $167 (the best price I've seen after some hunting) the 
tool rapidly vacuum whisks away solder at a press of a trigger.  It 
couldn't be simpler!  Also available is a long, narrow nozzle, #A1394, for 
reaching into crowded PCB spaces.

Wielding this tool, modifications can be made without fear.

73,
Steve
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(Usual disclaimer... No connections with tequipment, just a customer 
delighted with my Hakko 808!)