Better desoldering

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So we have a TMT-9000S soldering station and a bare-bones desoldering iron (stand + handpiece body). I use one of these TMT-9000S for soldering and desoldering at work and can confirm that they are good.

To restore this station to it’s former glory, we’ll need the following:
$120 DS-HPC-1 DESOLDER GUN HANDPIECE CABLE
$35 DS-AH-1 DESOLDER GUN AIR HOSE
$29 DS-CP-1 FILTER KIT FOR DS-KIT-1 DESOLDER H/PIECE

Total: $184

We will also need some desoldering tips. I’d recommend the 0.8 and 1.5mm standard tips.
Tips for the desoldering iron cost $49 each. This station also requires compressed air to generate a vacuum, so that will need to be plumed in.

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This sounds good, it’s great to hear that there is still intrest in getting equipment stations setup.

I would recomend not spending too much money on fine tips though.
I feel they are more likely to get abused from people not changing to a bigger tip when needed.

I use ~1.0mm tips on my iron most of the time for fine work,
it works well if you use surface tension to help pull the solder to where it’s needed.

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Cheers guys, I’ll add this to the next electronics cause meeting.

$184 for handpiece parts and a filter kit, though maybe we should get 2-3 of the filter kits? Make the budget for that section $250.

$150 to get 2x1mm tips and 1x1.5mm tip?

$50-60 for a small air compressor for use with it, like the one the laser cutter came with.