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| Clogged desoldering station |
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| Gyro:
Sorry FlyingHacker, I sounded bad-tempered. Actually the first time I got mine (s/h) I ended up doing exactly the same, then hit on the copper wire idea. I've posted it as a solution before in other threads but it always seems to come round to the drill bit each time. :D The wire actually comes back out heavily tinned, implying that it has scavenged a lot more solder out of the tube than just the blockage. |
| edavid:
--- Quote from: Gyro on July 23, 2017, 12:47:23 pm ---I don't understand why people are resorting to messy, time consuming, and potentially damaging efforts when you can simply sort it by sticking a nice thick thermally conductive piece of copper wire down the spout. :-// --- End quote --- Because if it doesn't work, you then have a copper wire soldered into the tube >:( I have had good results with the drill bit method, once I got a long enough bit. |
| KL27x:
I used a power drill, which i keep at the bench, anyway. Worked hot or cold. I dont see how a copper wire is faster or better. Worked fine, up until i chalked up desoldering station as a failed experiment. It doesnt do anything for me which justifies its existence. I didnt use a drill bit, though. I used a steel piano wire with a tiny bend in the end. It was just something that was laying around. And it worked. And i kept using it. |
| rbm:
--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on July 22, 2017, 10:39:18 am ---Yes, definitely let it pull a bit longer. Why guns don't do this automatically is a mystery. --- End quote --- My Weller WDS 1002 station does just that. The duration is programmable as well. |
| FlyingHacker:
I see a 555 hack coming... |
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