[Elecraft] toroid prep with Hakko 808

Tom Hammond [email protected]
Sun Dec 14 10:16:00 2003


THanks Lonnie!

At 10:15 PM 12/13/03, Lonnie Juli wrote:
>A few readers of this list have asked for this info.
>
>I wish I had thought of this, but the idea came from a set of notes on the 
>Hakko 808 put out by Tom Hammond N0SS. The entire article is at
>
>   http://home.earthlink.net/~n0ss/hakko_808_notes.pdf
>
>Tom has collected some really excellent ideas so I advise that you 
>download the entire file.

    <snip>

>It's every bit as easy and reliable as it sounds.
>
>If you do not own a desoldering tool, I recommend the Hakko 808. It's a 
>superb value for the price. I have even removed SMT devices with it and 
>never fried a component. Some of the units with long hoses and more of the 
>soldering iron form factor might be more useful on very crowded boards, 
>but I haven't run into any problems yet. I once totally screwed up two 
>rock mites by mixing parts and was able to reclaim and rebuild both the 
>units with no problem.

For tightly-packed spaces, consider investing in the A1394 tip.

This is a long (0.434"), slender (0.090") nozzle which will
allow you to get into places the fatter tips won't. It is
particularly handy when you are working on PC boards which
are pretty tightly packed AND which have some of their
components mounted on the bottom of the PC board with the
soldered pads in and among the tightly packed components on
the top side. Decause it is long and slender, this is a
'delicate' nozzle, and probably NOT one you would want to
leave on the desoldering tool when you do not need to use
it.

>Now if I could only remember where I left my Dremel tool...

It'll be in the lat place you'll look!

73,

Tom Hammond     N0SS