[TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem wick

  • From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:59:52 -0400

What type station do you have?
Al Marquardt
ampm@xxxxxxx
Al Marquardt Electronic Repair
206 W Main
Girardville Pa. 17935
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem wick


> Hey Perry, buy a desolder station.
> I put the date on a 50 foot roll of chem wick when I opened it: 26 june
> 2001.  I finished that roll off on 26 June 2005.  Four years.
>
> Not only will you spend less on chem wik, desoldering is faster with a
> desolder station.  I spend about a dollar a month on filters. Much
> cheaper than chem wik.  It takes about two seconds to desolder a joint,
> and no damage to the board.
>
> If I used two rolls of solder wik a month, 2x$10=$20 $20x48 months=
> $960.  I bought my solder station for about $1500 in 1993.  That would
> be 144 months times $20 = $2880 minus the $1500= over $1300 savings,
> plus the time saved.  My solder station was paid for long, long ago.
>
> Wayne Vanaman
> Omega Electronics
> 6904 W Fairfield Dr
> Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310
>
> Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
>
> 850-456-5995 voice
> 850-458-6369 fax
>
>
> Electric Medic wrote:
>> Is that correct? 18 Month's for one roll of solder? I never thought about 
>> it
>> and I am not sure how long it takes me to go through a roll. I use off 
>> rolls
>> everywhere, one in my toolbox, one in the truck, and one on each bench. I
>> know my wife bought about 20 rolls of the stuff sitting up there on the
>> shelf. I think the parts salesperson talks us into a roll every time we
>> order parts. That will probably last me 30 years. Hey, I finally was
>> good-newsed, I won't have to by solder again. I can retire on what I 
>> have. I
>> wish the wick would last that long. I must go through those 50' foot 
>> white
>> round ones in 2 weeks.
>>
>> Perry Bower
>> Electric Medic
>> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>> http://www.electricmedic.com
>> 3850 Washington Road  Suite 4C
>> Martinez, Georgia 30907
>> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4  (863-3424)
>> Phone: 706-863-3474
>> Fax: 706-863-2316
>> mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
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