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Old 8th Oct 2022, 12:16 pm   #179
BrackenFix
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Default Re: 1978 Commodore PET project

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
Well done - those 'simple' electric desoldering irons can potentially be quite hard on the workpiece so you have to have quite a deft touch to be able to use one of those without doing any damage.

If you ever get to the point where you feel you can afford an electric pump assisted one you should still consider buying one - the main difference obviously is that an electric pump assisted desoldering iron keeps on sucking for as long as you hold the button down so you have a much better chance of clearing each hole at the first attempt.

It will be interesting to see how you progress with the tape deck. Very good going so far.
Will definitely be getting an electric one, I can completely see why the manual ones can damage boards as they are quite aggressive to say the least.
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