Follow up: Aoyue 474A+ Desoldering Station

[Peale]

An issue I ran into the other night...

I had to replace the original gun that came with the unit. One of the first hints when I first got it had been to use the silicone lube stuff on the silicone parts. It acts as a sealant so the vacuum can actually do its thing.

I'd forgotten to apply this silicone stuff to the new one; I'd been wondering why the new gun was doing such a piss-poor job of sucking the solder away, until I remembered this.

 

[KI4SWY]

i had a Circuit Specialties unit that died withing the first six months.
I have a tenma now from MCM, its holding up pretty good.


I am thinking of picking up a Hakko Soldering & De-soldering Setup, but going to wait for my tax return.