There were off brand tips. made 100% of the difference. We got some of
the ones from non Weller sources and they were just not workable.
Also your Soldapullit alternative worked in about 1 in 10 uses for me.
I suspect the boards I had had different heat characteristics, and I'd
usually end up with half baked shots and maybe even having to re-tin and
go to the weller (which involved taking a board to the office).
I worked with a guy who was fixing 30 to 50 boards a day with 1 to 10
7400 type IC's per board with the DS-100. If properly set up it
worked. My partner worked with him and they had a system to keep the
Weller going, and I know I don't know all the details. Just buying one
that was used and not rebuilding it with known components didn't work.
My attempt at that failed when I bought one.
Amount of wool, type of wool, pressure of shop air, volume of delivery,
proper adjustment of the vacuum system, all made the vacuum @ the
desolder tip work properly.
I'd have taken it off your hands.
thanks
Jim
On 7/13/2017 10:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I eventually gave the thing away--I already had a soldering station, so
it wasn't worth keeping the monstrosity around.
