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

[Phil Wheeler]

Steve Lawrence wrote:

>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.
>

Thanks for the tip, Steve (and others).  I just ordered one (plus the 
above tip) from the above.  I priced it at Fry's and it would have been 
$20-30 more (figuring price diff, shipping and tax ups and downs).  If I 
needed it soon, I would have got it a Fry's.  But I will be traveling, 
and it will be here on my return.

73, Phil