05-22-2020, 08:55 AM
John,
Vacuum cleaner is too much, too bulky and too loud. Though one thing it will do is suck well.
You also have to interface the intake orifice which is 1-1/2 inches to a much smaller (1/4") tube that would attach to the solder want/gun, else it would be unwieldy.
Any vane or rotary snall pump does just fine.
Rob,
Xytronics is a different company though. Amazing how they make the same name vary by add8ng one letter
Speaking of frozen solder, all stations (at the time I started usung them they were all US-made, with glass tubes etc) had this peoblem and required nozzle cleaning.
I remember experimenting with the suction: the filter really reduces it.
BTW: Xytronic lf-8800 is sold by Jameco for $330, and by SPWindustrial for $700. Nuts.....
Your 988D on eBay is being offered for $299.
Vacuum cleaner is too much, too bulky and too loud. Though one thing it will do is suck well.
You also have to interface the intake orifice which is 1-1/2 inches to a much smaller (1/4") tube that would attach to the solder want/gun, else it would be unwieldy.
Any vane or rotary snall pump does just fine.
Rob,
Xytronics is a different company though. Amazing how they make the same name vary by add8ng one letter
Speaking of frozen solder, all stations (at the time I started usung them they were all US-made, with glass tubes etc) had this peoblem and required nozzle cleaning.
I remember experimenting with the suction: the filter really reduces it.
BTW: Xytronic lf-8800 is sold by Jameco for $330, and by SPWindustrial for $700. Nuts.....
Your 988D on eBay is being offered for $299.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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