SQ is the SQUAD

damn, can you find me a cheap 808?

0b00st0

Not any more. They usually run at least $150+.

Minor Threat

fry's has em cheapest I've found.

Guy-Fast

808 purchase this week for me. No more braid. I have spent proably 150 on braid alone :1

leed

I really want to try out a good desolder station before buying it.
I buy big spools of braid from Digikey, so it seems cost effective. I like braid because it leaves the board very clean, vs a bulb type solder sucker.
Do you guys get any splatter from the desoldering stations?

0b00st0

None.

I always clean the board with circuit cleaner and then re-apply a silicone based conformal coating after all the soldering is done.


The 808 can desolder a board for standard socketing in about a minute.

Chris Harris

That's one spot per second, impossible to do it clean in one run...take a video and prove me wrong, I would love to see if it is actually possible.

leed

What is the name or trade name of the coating you are applying after soldering?

0b00st0

Ooooooh. Getting called out by the big dog. Just an exaggeration.

It just seems like a minute, but in reality it's more like just over 2 minutes.



BUT, that's before I started using the ecu-chipping-machine.

SQ is the SQUAD

am i the only one what no matter how hard i try i can get certin hold to come clean in the first 2 tryies. every board its the same holes on the ned that take forever to get clean, like there glued in there of something