[Elecraft] Hakko 808 (again)

2004-10-22 Thread Jack Brindle
At the risk of starting yet another discussion on the virtues of the Hakko 808, I have a question. Now that I have fallen under the spell of the tool, it is very obvious that it needs a holder. The holder that Hakko advertises doesn't do a very good job, allowing the 808 to flop over on the

Re: [Elecraft] Hakko 808 (again)

2004-10-22 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
Jack, I have not built it yet, but have been thinking about the same thing. I am inclined to simply use a piece of pipe to stick it into - I would mount a 1 inch pipe flange to something sufficiently large and heavy to serve as a base, thread a short nipple into that and top that off with a

Re: [Elecraft] Hakko 808 (again)

2004-10-22 Thread G3VVT
A high wattage soldering iron stand could probably be pressed into use to store a hot Hakko 808. We had a USA manufactured item (possibly American Beauty) at the place of work that would allow it to store an 808 on it's side. Now retired and with no access to anything remotely similar I

Re: [Elecraft] Hakko 808 (again)

2004-10-22 Thread Tom Hammond
Bob: Whilst the 808 topic is running, are there any recommendations on spares/consumables to hold for the Hakko 808 from more experienced contributors to the list? About the only consumable I've needed so far (in a couple years) was a supply of the white (ceramic paper) 2nd filter (part