Subj : Re: Hakko FR-301
To   : MRO
From : Ed Vance
Date : Fri May 22 2020 06:22 am

05-20-20 20:40 MRO wrote to Dr. What about Re: Hakko FR-301
Howdy! MRO and Dr. What,

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 MR>   Re: Re: Hakko FR-301
 MR>   By: Dr. What to MRO on Tue May 19 2020 10:19 am


 > Lesson learned: I still need to have a soldering iron near by to heat up the
 > area a bit to remove the component.  But the desoldering tool make removing
 > that component 100 times easier than with manual only tools.


 MR> i'm old school. i prefer manual.  my coworkers are crying for a 'solder
 MR> sucker' but me and the boss are very against them. those pads are just
 MR> on with a bit of glue.

In the 1980's until 1996, I bought "Bishop Graphics" Pads, Straight Line
and I.C. Connector parts made of Copper.

Those parts have an adhesive layer on one side to hold them on the PC Board.

I have also used Bishop Graphics parts to make new projects by sticking them
on a Perf Board, inserting the components through a Pad and soldering them.

One project I made didn't work, so I called a friend who was a Technician and
He told me to use a VOM to see if I forgot to solder one of the Traces to a
Pad.

I found several places that I forgot to put a dab of solder on and soldered
the connections and got my project to work.

I haven't done much Soldering since the Mid-90's, but believe I still have
some Bishop Grapics stuff in the workshop, I don't know if places like
Digi-Key still has them in stock, I bought mine at a local Electronics
Wholesale Parts Store.

If I still have some of that stuff, I could mail some to You if You can't
buy it anywhere.

 MR> when you do the tool, you go over the lead and go down and do a little
 MR> wiggle. then you go up and suck.  atleast that's how i was shown. i
 MR> only ripped off one pad and it was because of the issue you mentioned
 MR> where i didnt get all the solder off and i ripped it off.

 MR> i still like the old school desoldering methods. i feel like i have a
 MR> lot more control.

I had both a Large Solder Sucker and one that was very Small I used when I
wanted to replace a part on a Circuit Board or Terminal Strip or Tube Socket.

I thought they and Cordless Soldering Irons were the best thing since
Scrambled Eggs.
But that's just what "I" think.

73 de Ed W9ODR           .             .


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