On Thursday 19 July 2012 08:37:01 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > Have you had a chance to fire up the rework station yet? Interested > > > in hearing how it works. > > > > No, there are some screws in the bottom to restrain the air pump and > > which must be removed else the pump will be damaged, and I've not > > removed them yet. Maybe today. Interestingly, it came with a > > magnifying work lamp on a flexible goose-neck and a base heavy enough > > it won't fall over, a spare heater for both handles, and a bag of > > tips for the iron in quite a few different shapes, so I won't need > > tips for a while, plus a bag of nozzles for the HA. I need to read > > the blather sheets again, the holder for the HA handle obviously > > mounts someplace I haven't found yet. Nice set of tweezers for > > handling teensy stuff, and a couple tools I've not yet discovered > > what they are to be used for. There is even a screw stuck in the > > styro that I assume needs to be used to assemble something. All in > > all, for $150+ship, it looks pretty complete, just add your fav 3% > > silver solder, a few tablespoons of water in the sponge and go right > > to work after proper assembly. > > > > When I do, I'll file a report. :) > > > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Sounds nice! I've given up on the sponges, and gone to the brass wool > tip cleaners. FWIW, I get cleaner tips, and don't have to remember to > fill the damn reservoir, or dampen the sponges.
The dehumidfier catch bucket handles that. :) > And the brass wool > doesn't seem to cool the tips down as much as the wet sponge does. I > know some folks don't like the brass wool, but it seems to be the bee's > knees for me. > > Mark I have seen them in pix, but it seems to me it would wear off the tips iron plating quicker than the sponge so I've not tried one yet. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Programmers used to batch environments may find it hard to live without giant listings; we would find it hard to use them. -- D. M. Ritchie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
