A Simple Electrical Powered Vacuum Desolder Suction Pump - Beginner Level

[saturation]

Yes, me too my friend, I personally have never owned nothing but the hand pump variety; I used solderwick in the past but its not as fast

We all use the hand-held pump ,  still there is some times , that the damp ass who designed the PCB ,
to had made very thin the PCB trace ends ,  so small that by heating the component , the trace dies too.

In a such special case, the motorized pump , will act that fast and accurately , that the PCB trace will be saved , for another one or two " part replacements" .

Another special use to justify one motorized pump, are when you deal with round connectors,
with 15 - 20 - 40 pins (telecommunications ).

And one last " Gain " with it , are the Hot air in the reverse mode.
That you can diagnose one part by heating it ...  the reverse of the Freezing spray .

 

[charliex]

i have the hakko 808 which is similar to the gun posted earlier in the thread.

its really useful when you have to remove large edge connectors etc.

[philbx1]

Hey Shafri,
Yes, that's the type I was talking about. Mine is similar to this minus the gauge.
http://media.supercheapauto.com.au/sca/images/129245.jpg

Many thanks BTW for showing us the internals,
and I think you are right in that I can't change anything to get it to suck, oh well.
The mini-vacumn idea seem to be the way to go.

Also, I forgot to say thanks for the great effort you put into the design of your desolderer.
You achieved a working unit with electronics and that's what this site is about. Great job!

i think what u need is a more powerful or faster motor. no mcu is needed. there is nothing u can do "electronically" inside the compressor, its all just some mechanical stuffs there. reversing the motor will not do any different, its just the same happening when in forward, ie pumping. if... you talking about:

[Mechatrommer]

thanx. i hope u can also come up with your project for us/me to share