On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Eric Smith <space...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2) vacuum desoldering gun: lots of people liked the Hakko 808, but it's > discontiued. The Hakko FR-300 looks like a reasonable replacement, and sells > for around $310. The drawback compared to the vacuum desoldering station > with pencil tool is that the handpiece is much heavier and bulkier since it > contains the vacuum pump; this is probably not an issue if you don't use it > to do a lot of desoldering in a single session.
I have an Ungar one of those, that I got cheap because the glass chamber was cracked. I've been meaning to have a crack at fixing it. > 6) soldering iron with built-in squeeze-bulb - same bulb issue as #5, but > even more awkward to handle This is what I use at the moment. Perhaps this will be the spur that I need to fix my Ungar? It appears that an admin re-subscribed me and messages are coming through again. Thanks admin! -- Robert
