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| Fried Chicken:
--- Quote from: thm_w on December 24, 2024, 09:59:02 pm ---With the Atten or Quick you can easily find replacement parts: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806212192491.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832802888800.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801653224712.html Hakko seems to have some things but they are not cheap: https://hakkousa.com/b3428-motor.html --- End quote --- I'm just not interested in chinese clones. They just repulse me, I'm sorry, it just sits wrong with me. |
| Fried Chicken:
A Hakko 703 can be had at reasonable prices, what is the compatibility like? This post claims compatibility with 928 and 472 stations,... that I'm also unfamiliar with. I can genuinely see why people say "screw it" and just dump big money into a brand new complete setup |
| Shock:
Hakko lists handpiece compatibility in their manuals. It's discontinued but you can still get tips for the iron and I expect the tweezers. The Hakko FX888DX is basically the modernized single channel version. This is not something I'd be interested in but I'd check the vacuum desoldering service parts availability and pricing if you're seriously considering older models. |
| Psi:
I got some cheap china hot tweezers bundled with a T12 comparable soldering station. Mainly because I needed to remove a few 100' 1206 caps from 6 layer 3oz copper pcbs. It worked better than using my single good quality iron (Thermaltronics), around 2 sec vs 10 sec. And it cost about 1/2 the price of the hot tweezer attachment that could plug into my Thermaltronics. I'm quite satisfied that hot tweezers are useful and worth while having, when my cheap china ones die i will definitely be ordering the Thermaltronics version. The cheap china ones work fine, they just feel cheap and plasticky. I'm sure the tip coating wont be as good, but no sign of issue yet. The exact listing/seller I got has disappeared, but this is what I got https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005223425785.html So all in all I would recommend getting some hot tweezers if you need to desolder passives a lot |
| Fried Chicken:
--- Quote from: Psi on December 26, 2024, 01:42:00 am ---I got some cheap china hot tweezers bundled with a T12 comparable soldering station. Mainly because I needed to remove a few 100' 1206 caps from 6 layer 3oz copper pcbs. It worked better than using my single good quality iron (Thermaltronics), around 2 sec vs 10 sec. And it cost about 1/2 the price of the hot tweezer attachment that could plug into my Thermaltronics. I'm quite satisfied that hot tweezers are useful and worth while having, when my cheap china ones die i will definitely be ordering the Thermaltronics version. The cheap china ones work fine, they just feel cheap and plasticky. I'm sure the tip coating wont be as good, but no sign of issue yet. The exact listing/seller I got has disappeared, but this is what I got https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005223425785.html So all in all I would recommend getting some hot tweezers if you need to desolder passives a lot --- End quote --- That's good info to have, I will keep that in mind. I'm tracking down an FM-706 right now that does the vacuum desoldering and some (albeit crappy) hot air as well, and works with the slew of tips of the 703 and my existing 951 tips. |
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