[Elecraft] desoldering

[Tom Hammond]

Dave:

At 04:22 PM 3/24/04, David Toepfer wrote:
>Other than the Hakko 808, or perhaps riggin up my own pump to a RS 
>desoldering iron, does anyone else suggest an affordable (< $500) 
>desoldering iron?

The desoldering tool from Jameco (www.jameco.com)

http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/jameco/searchResult.d2w/report?sort=BPA&search=129066

looks promising though I've never seen it in action. Price is $100 and it 
looks likt it might work pretty well.

Surely we have someone on the reflector who has or has tried one of these 
devices. Hopefully they will take the time to respond and tell us how they 
liked the device and whether they feel it's worth the price.

Of course, the Hakko 808 is available for $160 from Kiesub 
(www.kieusb.com). A bit less that $500.

73,

Tom Hammond    N0SS