As a valuable side note, the Hakko 808 makes an excellent enameled wire stripping/tinning tool for toroids and similar. I prop my up vertically, melt a blob of solder in the tip, plunge the enameled wire into the tip through the solder blob, wait a second or two and activate the vacuum. The excess solder is whisked away along with the enamel insulation leaving a brightly tinned and stripped wire.
I believe I’ve actually used my 808 more for this than desoldering! It actually made building the toroids for a K2, T1, and other projects fun. Consider this valuable additional function as you justify the cost of a similar tool. Steve AA8AF ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
