[Elecraft] De-soldering Tool Recommendations?

[CUTTER DAVID]

Steve
Great idea: did you use self-fluxing enamel wire?  This is common on small gauges used in signal circuits but not so common on large gauge wire used in power transformers that I recall. 

David G3UNA

> On 21 March 2022 at 14:38 SteveL <lawresh at woh.rr.com> wrote:
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> As a valuable side note, the Hakko 808 makes an excellent enameled wire stripping/tinning tool for toroids and similar.  I prop my up vertically, melt a blob of solder in the tip, plunge the enameled wire into the tip through the solder blob, wait a second or two and activate the vacuum.  The excess solder is whisked away along with the enamel insulation leaving a brightly tinned and stripped wire.
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> I believe I’ve actually used my 808 more for this than desoldering!  It actually made building the toroids for a K2, T1, and other projects fun.  
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> Consider this valuable additional function as you justify the cost of a similar tool.
> 
> Steve
> AA8AF
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