Todd,
        Check out Hakko. They've got the highest vacuum level of anyone
out there, either shop air or built in pump systems. They also have your
choice of pencil or gun handles to suit your operators preferences, and
they're easy to keep clean.

Mike McMonagle
PCA Process Engineering Supervisor
K*Tec Electronics
1111 Gillingham Lane
Sugar Land, TX  77478
(281) 243-5639 Phone
(281) 243-5539 Fax
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Vorpahl [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:53 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [TN] TH de-soldering equipment
>
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone out there having good experience with there desoldering
> equipment for TH
> parts (solder suckers)?  It seems as if the units that have worked
> best for us
> have gone obsolete.  The demos we tried may be powerful enough for us,
> but the
> cleaning out of the solder can be messy (seems as if "coils" have
> replaced the
> glass tubes and make it more difficult to clean).  Any suggestions
> would be
> helpful.  thanks
>
> Todd Vorpahl
> [log in to unmask]
>
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