On 07/13/2017 11:26 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 7/13/2017 6:52 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 07/13/2017 11:02 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 7/13/2017 12:31 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
There are also vacuum desoldering stations that use
"shop air" to derive
the vacuum, rather than having an internal pump. I've
never used them as I
don't normally have an air compressor anywhere near my
electronics
workbench.
This works very well. The best station for 7400 type
IC's was a Weller vacuum desoldering station.
I have a Pace station at work with a vacuum pump in the
box. At home I have one with a foot pedal that contains
a venturi vacuum generator that requires compressed air.
These work really well. I think the handpieces are model
SX-70.
Jon
I had one of the Wellers with the probe and head like the
DS-100 with the builtin vacuum. It was nowhere near as
good as the one with the shop air venturi. The latter hit
with enough more force to clear a hole more often that it
was the one to have.
Nice to have a portable home one, however.
The air/venturi station is quite portable, but the place you
use it has to be plumbed for shop air, so not as portable as
it might seem. Now that SMT is the rule, I don't use it as much.
Jon
