On 11/12/18 7:24 AM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hot air setup is the next thing. > I was doing some board repair this weekend, and used a mix of Hakko 472 vacuum and hot air equipment. I was having trouble clearing the holes completely with the Hakko so I heated the board with a 1" hot air nozzle, pulled the part, then used an Edsyn Atmoscope to blow the holes clean. Cleaning the Hakko is SO much easier than a Pace (there is no glass to burn your fingers on). I'm not impressed with Weller vaccums either, though to be fair it's pretty old tech.
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