Desoldering Stations
 

I'm thinking about purchasing a desoldering station for chipping ECU's.

This thing looks kinda ancient but I have heard that HAKKO is a good brand so I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on this unit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hakko-707-Desold...QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks :y

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Whatever you get... make sure you can buy replacement parts for it.

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good call. didnt think of that. :1

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i've got the hakko 808, it ------- owns, period. i can desolder a whole ecu for chipping and vtec conversion in about 2 minutes, no bullshit. you feel like a pure ecu pimp with that thing in your hands, i suggest you get one :y

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i bought one of those desoldering tools from radio shack; basicaly its a 45w iron with a suction bulb and a tip on it with a hole in it.

fucker works great; cost $12; i can have a chip out of an ecu in like 30 seconds

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na dude, i used one of those for almost 2 years and thought it couldn't get any better, trust me, vacuum operated desoldering stations cut chipping time in half, if not more. don't act like your thumb doesn't get sore from that fucker ;)

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i tried one of those and thought it sucked. but maybe i was using it wrong :-[. i ended up getting one of those suction tools and it works great with the ecu in a vise and soldering iron on the other side.
maybe i'll look into getting one of those desoldering stations if i start to do any more ecu's to justify spending the money.

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im still old school with the spring operated vacuum

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haven't really used it much; and the way i hold it i dont use my thumb for the bulb ;)
you gotta admit its 2000000000000000000000000X better than a solder sucker and soldering iron; or, god forbid, desoldering braid; i HATE that ----

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yeah, i guess if you don't use it much, it's not bad at all. i was using mine doing hours of back to back chipping, my thumb would get sore, the cheap ass tips would wear down about every 10 ecu's, you have to make a mess blowing out all the old solder, no heat adjustment, etc., etc.

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i've gone through like 30 feet of braid. I go the spring loaded thing. It makes a mess. I havent gotten the $12 bulb radio shack thing to work period. Guess I'll save up for an 808. What size tip works best on ECU's?

Seems the hardest part of chipping ECU's is finding a good source for 'em.

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yeah ive been lookin into something cheap to get me started. ive used the spring ones but i tent to melt the tip so it never realy works right. whats the one at the shack called just a desoder station?

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The radio shack one with the bulb, i think is just called a desoldering iron. It should be called a piece of ---- but I don't think they'd sell any that way. Maybe 'Hot Enema Device' would sell tho.

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50-60 watt iron with a vacuum pump, touch and suck, that fast. the hotter and bigger tip you can deal with, the less heat transfered to surrounding board.

The Hakko is kinda bulky, but that depends on the number of ECU's you do.

Myself, I've always prefered Weller/Ungar products, esp. from my RC racing days. A GOOD 100 watt iron with a fat tip it needed when joining batterys so you don't ---- them up!

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I'd say a desoldering station with a pump is the way to go, that and desoldering wicks.
I sometimes solder surface mount chips by hand, and I'd say there's really no way to do it without using the wick.

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a vegan won the one you were looking at on ebay. :8

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I have an old ass Pace desoldering statin (made in 1983!) and it works fairly well. I did probably 300 ECUs with it and bought spare tips on Ebay. I also enjoy the use of a Metcal station, whis is an amazing machine and well worth the money.

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Check the last one listing in this page One-Shot #2008

http://www.mainelectronics.com/soldersuck.htm