I'll second that, on both points. I have a Hakko on my bench at work, and I love it. But it does require a certian technique, and rigorous attention to care and feeding. They often proclaimed to be a piece of *(&$ by people who don't understand them. For those who do understand, they work quite well.
Having said that, these days at work I mostly do SMT with a heat gun, or a pencil iron in each hand. For the occasional through-hole, it's usually more convenient to grab the spring-loaded pump (a classic Soldapullt) than to heat up the Hakko - you DON'T wnat to run them continuously. At home with the vintage stuff, it's usually the Soldapullt or a smaller Paladin pump. I'd love to have a Hakko, but they are more $$$ than I can justify. 73 -Jim (if they DON'T suck, that is BAD) On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:37 -0800, Dennis Monticelli wrote: >I have the Hakko and it works very well for PCBs. There is maintenance, >however. You do have to go through a cleaning process. > >For chassis work, a good spring loaded pump works just fine. -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://radiojim(dot)exofire(dot)net http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
