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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: tgujay on Wed, 29 August 2012, 13:19:31
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I'm currently in the process of renovating an old Chicony with mx blues and a desoldering iron made the process immensely less time consuming. So far I have removed all the switches and am going to sand and repaint the plate. Since the plate was rusty and some of the switches have rust/gunk on them, is there a preferred method of cleaning switches?
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Which desoldering iron do you have?
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Which desoldering iron do you have?
Radioshack cheap thing with a bulb, works great.
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Is bulb better than the solder sucker? Mine sucks, but not in a good way.
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I have one of those too, makes desoldering an entire board worth of switches sooooooooo easy. Definitely worth $11. Certainly cheaper that chewing through braid.
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Is bulb better than the solder sucker? Mine sucks, but not in a good way.
It works awesome, i set the iron down around the pin with solder let go of the bulb and it sucks it all up, spit it into a box and keep going. I spent a day and got half the keyboard desoldered with braid, finished the other half in 15 minutes with the desolder iron.
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I have one of those too, makes desoldering an entire board worth of switches sooooooooo easy. Definitely worth $11. Certainly cheaper that chewing through braid.
Yusssss
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Is this a solder sucker/bulb combo?
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Is this a solder sucker/bulb combo?
It looks like this, because it is this haha.
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Ah, I might have to get one of those. Mine are separate and hard to use on small parts.
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Ah, I might have to get one of those. Mine are separate and hard to use on small parts.
Yeah it's pretty awesome, and like lysol said they are like 11 bucks. Totally worth it.
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Get a soldapult i think it call best thing next to a desoldering iron.
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Sounds like you should wear goggles with that one. :eek:
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These work very well for how much they cost! :cool:
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Get a soldapult i think it call best thing next to a desoldering iron.
I would have to argue that the desoldering iron is infinitely easier to work with and is a single tool. If you are desoldering an entire board I wouldn't use any else.
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Get a soldapult i think it call best thing next to a desoldering iron.
I would have to argue that the desoldering iron is infinitely easier to work with and is a single tool. If you are desoldering an entire board I wouldn't use any else.
Especially when holding something like pliers in the other hand.
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Since I already have a radioshack iron, is the bulb and tip just an add-on I can buy? Or do I need to buy the whole desoldering assembly including the iron?
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Since I already have a radioshack iron, is the bulb and tip just an add-on I can buy? Or do I need to buy the whole desoldering assembly including the iron?
It's a set not an add on.
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Get a soldapult i think it call best thing next to a desoldering iron.
I would have to argue that the desoldering iron is infinitely easier to work with and is a single tool. If you are desoldering an entire board I wouldn't use any else.
i would agree it better an faster but a good one also costs multiple times more.
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Get a soldapult i think it call best thing next to a desoldering iron.
I would have to argue that the desoldering iron is infinitely easier to work with and is a single tool. If you are desoldering an entire board I wouldn't use any else.
i would agree it better an faster but a good one also costs multiple times more.
What defines a good one? Mine has removed switches from 2 whole boards and had no trouble.
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Maybe one with a vacuum pump?
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Maybe one with a vacuum pump?
yes that would be what im refering to.