First of all, thanks to all those that offered advice - much appreciated. Well, after much deliberation (reading this mail archive & Eham reviews etc) I decided to put away the solder wick and purchase a Hakko 808. I tried it out on some discarded pcb's ( where I had previously used solder wick) and all I can say is that its probably the best tool purchase I've made. Full of confidence I tackled the K3 relay and a few seconds later it came away from the board as clean as you like - wonderful!!
Its expensive to buy in the UK, and if you're a careful builder it might not see a lot of immediate use, but for those occasions when mistakes do occur or you need to rework the K2 to install mods etc it looks like being invaluable. 73 to all Trevor G0KTN _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
