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Review, teardown, and testing of the Rhino Tools ZD985 desoldering station on typical through-hole double sided and multi layer PCBs.
http://www.rhinotools.com.au/vacuum-desoldering-station/152-rt985-vacuum-desoldering-station.html
http://www.china-zhongdi.com/2013/?p=121

PlainName:
This seems to be a rebadged Duratool D00672:

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00672/desoldering-station/dp/SD01384

'Course, that might well be a badged something else...

sprocket:
Yarrr. First  O0

I have one like yours, just in a different inclosure.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Duratool-D00672-Desoldering-Station-80W-De-Soldering-ZD-915-Faults-R2GK-/370670619489?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item564db0cb61

I very satisfied with mine.. Obviously it's not lab or factory grade desoldering station, but considering that, then it's one of my best bang for buck tools that I have.

I just hate those manual pumps, and solder wick is fine for a just desoldering a a couple of resistors. But anything more then a couple of resistors needing to be removed I tunr on my Duratool desoldring station.. Saved me soo much hassel and time in the past 6 months that I had it.. Should have bought one ages ago.  Cheap as donuts too. 80 punds or so I think it costed.

Cheers


Edit: Crap.. second I guess  :-DD

baljemmett:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 31, 2013, 11:44:05 pm ---This seems to be a rebadged Duratool D00672:

'Course, that might well be a badged something else...

--- End quote ---

Yes - the ZD in the Rhino model number suggests the ODM is Zhongdi, who do a lot of this sort of kit.  Their website proved rather harder to find than I remembered, but this appears to be the same machine in its natural habitat.

N2IXK:
You might get even better results on those motherboard caps if you had used a tip better matched to the work.

You really want to use a tip with a hole just larger than the component lead. This gives the maximum amount of heat transfer from the tip into the pad and lead. You shouldn't be able to wiggle around nearly as much as you were.

Glad to see that the suction was sufficient. The unit I use at work (Metcal) uses a venturi tube to develop vacuum from compressed air, so no worries about pump failure. But the consumables (especially tips) are a LOT more expensive.

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