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

[Don Brown]

Hi

It is also the best way to strip the toroid leads. Just cut the lead abou=
t 1 in long, stick the lead up into the nozzle, apply a little solder, wa=
it about 5 or 6 seconds and pull the trigger. Perfectly stripped and tine=
d leads right up next to the core.

Don Brown
KD5NDB

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Lawrence
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:31 PM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Hakko 808 De-Soldering Tool -- Great Tool!

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, fo=
r
reaching into crowded PCB spaces.

Wielding this tool, modifications can be made without fear.

73,
Steve
aa8af

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

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