I have been trained by the Navy and the Air Force in micro soldering
techniques and I agree, for most through the hole type jobs a plain old
solder sucker and a decent iron of the correct wattage is more than
sufficent. IF used by a person with some training and skill.
Bitsbucket
"Rich Webb" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 May 2003 22:00:53 -0400, Keith R. Williams
> <> wrote:
> [snip...snip...]
> >Nonsense. They sell crap. I don't recommend this at *all*.
> >These things are *horrible*. If you really must go here "solder-
> >wick" is much easier to use. It's basically a thin braid with
> >some flux. The wicking action of the braid sucks the solder out
> >of the holes.
>
> To the contrary, they are quite well suited to some applications. I
> wouldn't recommend them for unsoldering a 00 lug nor for a 144 pin QFP
> but for "ordinary" through-hole components they work quite well if
> employed with minimal dexterity. Much less component heating and a
> cleaner result than with copper braid.
>
> Your etymology is also questionable.
>
> >The only thing better than "solder-wick" is a professional
> >desoldering station, complete with a technician who knows how to
> >use it. Forget the crap desoldering widgets from RadioShaft!
> >They' don't even have decent irons. Yeow!
>
> A professional setup (e.g., a nice Pace station) is certainly preferable
> (if orders of magnitude more expensive) but the RS solder suckers that
> you malign do a much nicer job than braid in their proper domain.
>
> --
> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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