Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the new Hakko FX-888 Station is the newer model to the 936. This iron is awesome...smaller foot print and better performance then the 936.
I can also get these irons for anyone interested. (PM for pricing)
I've received great feedback from the those who have used my iron this past weekend at the Elite Indoor Challenge.
Carey
Yeah I added that to my post the other day. It looks nice.
Originally Posted by
Chook1e
Must first state excellent thread. I have purchased a few 2nd hand parts recently, any tips on de-soldering / clean-up of existing components?
Get some solder wick or a desolder bulb. Solder wick is a spool of braided copper wire, put a drop or two of fresh flux on it when you use it and it works better.
Use some new flux and solder to coat the parts and then use the solder wick or desolder tool to remove it. That should leave a shiny clean surface. Actually, you don't really need the desolder tool, with the part still hot, you can pick up the part and flick the extra solder off. Pretend your getting ketchup out of a glass bottle. Just be careful not to get it in your eye. Do that to get most of the extra off then use the solder wick to finish up.
Originally Posted by
rcpocky
I can't post links yet, but this is a video on soldering for beginners.
videos.rcnightmare.com/rc-solder-how-to-safety-tips.html
Hope it helps!
Marine- great great post. Never too much information!!
I will look at that vid, and I may add it as well.