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   PID: MBSE-BBS 1.0.8 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
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   TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
   -=> Jeff Thiele wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> If you have wick, sucker and heat source you have most of it. A station   
    DD> will give you a "safe" rest for the soldering pencil, a holder for a   
    DD> tip cleaning sponge/surface and probably some alligator clips on posts   
    DD> for holding boards, components ... and maybe a magnifier.   
      
    JT> The one I have my eye on for about $150 has a suction pump in it as   
    JT> well. The soldering and desoldering tools are separate, although   
    JT> connected to the same base unit.   
      
    JT> https://amazon.com/YIHUA-Desoldering-Station-Soldering-Iron/dp/B07RTXCHG   
    JT> V   
      
   I had a station with a vacuum pump - when I was doing a lot of VCR    
   (remember those?) repairs. I founf I seldom used it as the portable    
   solder sucker was much more handy - and I didn't have to listen to the   
   vacuum pump clattering away when I was trying to concentrate.   
       
    JT> I do have a magnifying visor that is pretty much indispensable at   
    JT> this point.   
      
   At any point, actually.   Bv)=   
      
      
      
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