Couldn't be worse than the Metcals they use at my Real
Job. Those things are about $1000 a pop. But there isn't
a single repair operator that will let you take one away, they
love them! Mostly because these things have serious balls!
I took one one night and went to unsolder a bridge rectifier
from a Bally pinball power supply. The Metcal went into
overdrive and took that solder off like it was an IC lead, not
the 3/8" wide heavy copper trace that it was. Didn't even
slow it down. And I didn't even have a heavy tip installed!
"Christopher V. Moore" wrote:
> Seeing that it is a quiet day, I don't mind posting this.
>
> I'm wondering if anybody has tried the Goot desoldering gun.
> I bought one and it seems real nice, except the price. I've
> been pulling pokeys from Ball Blazer cartridges and this thing
> works pretty well. I've also used it to replace the pokey
> sockets on my Tempest. It's pretty fast. I just wish it wasn't
> so expensive.
>
> Has anyone else tried it?
>
> -Chris
>
>
> --
> Christopher V. Moore -- Principal Engineeer
> Heartlab, Inc. - 101 Airport Rd - Westerly, RI 02891 -- www.heartlab.com
> Phone: (401) 596-0592 x113 - Fax: (401) 596-8562 - Email: cmoore@heartlab.com
Received on Thu Jun 10 15:22:16 1999
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