From Lorne Hammond Sent Sat, Mar 10th 2018, 18:11
From Lorne Hammond Sent Sat, Mar 10th 2018, 18:11
looks nice as well, price bracket thing though. Also teh more complex a = station the bigger the issue if one part goes wrong. It also brings up this issue when desoldering: Fume extraction. Lorne -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lenham [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx]=20 Sent: March-10-18 4:05 AM To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: Re: [AH] Looking for desoldering station On 10/03/2018 01:42, David Bivins wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I'm about to undertake removing all the switches from a CR-8000 and=20 > think I need to take my relationship with tech gear to the next step=20 > and get a desoldering station... >=20 > Also any advice is welcome. Again, I don't think I would use it that=20 > often; usually I use a hand pump or copper solder wick for one-offs. I use one of these: https://www.pcb-soldering.co.uk/aoyue-2702a-pcb-work-station.html You may say that it is cheap Chinese rubbish, and you wouldn't be wrong, = BUT I have been using it for many years now and it has seen off = recapping/reswitching/etc. many dozens of vintage synths and effects = including the 900+ electrolytic caps in a classic Chilton mixer. The soldering iron and desoldering gun work well, but I have never had = any joy with the hot air gun. The desoldering tips used to have an = annoyingly short life because they were made from a soft alloy and the = hole used to grow rapidly until it became unusable, but they have = recently redesigned them with a harder tip insert and I haven't had to = replace one since. If I was buying now, I would pay a little more for the newer 2703A = model: https://www.pcb-soldering.co.uk/aoyue-2703a-cpu-controlled-pcb-work-stati= on.html because you can use the soldering iron and desoldering gun = simultaneously rather than having to choose one or the other. Hope this helps a bit. Cheers, Steve L. Benden Sound Technology