a source for those vacuum pumps? which used in these stations?
Not those particular pumps, but this 12V one from Sparkfun can't be a million miles away:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10398As they say, it sure does suck.
Thank you Dave for the presentation AND for you folks commenting back. We have been looking for a good desoldering station that fits our needs ( read simple to use and affordable ). As a Non-Profit budget is everything, and is ease of use since we teach all ages. Now we have a much better ( and trusted ) view of what is out there from the comments in the thread. Thank you ALL.
Sorry, having trouble following some references in the thread. This Photo is of Which unit... we like the metal chassis and left / right tool mount... is it a "Good Witch, or a Bad Witch" and where is it available from?
This is the gun holder.
Sorry, having trouble following some references in the thread. This Photo is of Which unit... we like the metal chassis and left / right tool mount... is it a "Good Witch, or a Bad Witch" and where is it available from?
This is the gun holder.
Sorry, I didn't label the pictures. (I've edited the posts)
That is my Hakko 472D with Hakko 817 desoldering gun. There is a pencil type desoldering tool available as well.
The consensus seems to be that while the Hakko is a very nice unit, for a small penalty in quality, there is a large savings. That is, there are tools that are a better value - cost difference is larger than the quality difference.
a source for those vacuum pumps? which used in these stations?
Not those particular pumps, but this 12V one from Sparkfun can't be a million miles away:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10398
As they say, it sure does suck.
yeah but 500hours max operation time its sucks too
$0.03 per hour running cost. Cheaper than solder
hi guys, hi Dave! thanks to you i'm going to ebay looking for a new soldering/desoldering station
i was looking for an hot hair soldering/desoldering station but now i seen this...
so i wanna ask you, is easy to desolder also with hot air?
i found a complete station hot air + soldering iron + spare parts for about 80euros in germany.. free shipping...
any suggests? i don't want to spend money twice for two items
cheers
Lorenzo
i was looking for an hot air soldering/desoldering station but now i seen this...
so i wanna ask you, is easy to desolder also with hot air?
What do you want to desolder? smt or through-hole?
usually TH, but i wanna have possibility to desolder smd... that's why i was thinking about hot air station...
usually TH, but i wanna have possibility to desolder smd... that's why i was thinking about hot air station...
For smt hot-air and/or tweezer-type tools are very popular. It all depends about the type of smt you want to desolder.
For th the vacuum-station is a really good tool.
Important is the question: Do you want to desolder the components with minimal thermal stress to re-use it? Or is it only important to get the component removed?
For me it is not only
one tool. Sometimes I only use my solder station and solder wick, sometimes the tweezer-tool ... for some bga chips I used a heat gun and aluminium foil ... it all depends.
hammy
usually TH, but i wanna have possibility to desolder smd... that's why i was thinking about hot air station...
For smt hot-air and/or tweezer-type tools are very popular. It all depends about the type of smt you want to desolder.
For th the vacuum-station is a really good tool.
Important is the question: Do you want to desolder the components with minimal thermal stress to re-use it? Or is it only important to get the component removed?
For me it is not only one tool. Sometimes I only use my solder station and solder wick, sometimes the tweezer-tool ... for some bga chips I used a heat gun and aluminium foil ... it all depends.
hammy
i know, i'm a hobbist so i don't use them every day the same thing... i had a lot of problems deoldering some TH connectors, ICs from board for re-using them... or some items i need to change for fixing a device.... it depends...
i think i will start with hot air + standard solder tip station and try to desolder TH parts then if i need i will also buy the vacuum desolder station...
i wanna re-build my little lab and that's the occasion for spend some money
stupid question: can i also solder smd parts with hot air?
Hi folks,
does anybody know what kind of thermal sensor is being used inside this Zhongdi desoldering gun? I couldn't find any information at all.
Regards,
Jan
Just received my ZD985, $179.99 delivered from eBay seller memotronics_llc (
http://www.memotronics.com). Five day shipping from Houston, Texas, double boxed, very good.
Desoldered an UPS board similar to the one Dave did and it worked just as Dave showed. No draaaama!
Differences between mine and what I saw on Dave's video:
1) All wires to the output plug are shrink-tubed, remembers Dave had a loose wire and it looked like no shrink tubing.
2) My solder collecting tube is clear (glass), Dave's was dark blue(?).
3) The spring in mine is an open coil, doesn't do much. Dave's tight coil looks like a better design.
4) Color: Blue gun and case with white trim.
Copy of spare parts list attached.
Cheers, Mark
Hi folks,
does anybody know what kind of thermal sensor is being used inside this Zhongdi desoldering gun? I couldn't find any information at all.
Regards,
Jan
I did some measurements and it appers to be a K type thermocouple.
Regards,
Jan
I do not recognise it but you need to consider the reliability of spare parts supply if you are going to spend that much on such a unit.