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

From: gulftech@xxxxxxxx
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:28:32 -0500
No, it wasn't her xxx, it was her ear.


Ken Smith
Gulf Technical Services
3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway
Gulf Breeze, FL  32563
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:35:35 -0400 "John @ Myers TV "
<myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Isn't that harassment? ;-)
> 
> John Myers
> Myers TV Service Co.
> 376 E. State St.
> Alliance, OH 44601
> 
> Voice / Fax: 330-821-6545
> Myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.myerstv.net
> 
> Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
> Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
>                             Ben Franklin
> 
> 
> 
> Hoyt's TV wrote:
> > Remember the little squeeze bulbs?
> > I always kept a clean one for when I had to go past the 
> secretary's desk, to 
> > blow in her ear.
> > 
> > Russ Hoyt
> > Hoyt's TV
> > Exeter, NH
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "John @ Myers TV " <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 1:54 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem 
> wick
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>I met a fellw once who desoldered with freeze spray. He didn't 
> care that
> >>he wound up with blobs of solder all over the board.
> >>
> >>As for me, I swear by solder-wik. I buy it in 50 ft rolls, but 
> splurged
> >>last time for a 100ft roll.
> >>
> >>John Myers
> >>Myers TV Service Co.
> >>376 E. State St.
> >>Alliance, OH 44601
> >>
> >>Voice / Fax: 330-821-6545
> >>Myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>http://www.myerstv.net
> >>
> >>Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
> >>Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
> >>                           Ben Franklin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>>I have several of those blue spring loaded desolder tubes you 
> cock on
> >>>your knee and push the button. It sucks flyback pins good,and any
> >>>massive globs and I use wik on the ICs. You know this is like
> >>>anything. Bowling, skeets,baseball,fishing.You can find a dozen 
> guys
> >>>who swear BY one thing, and the other dozen swears AT it. Do what 
> you
> >>>are most efficient with and that's what will make you more money.
> >>>Phil
> >>>
> >>>Phil Bader, Pres.
> >>>Jan Phyl TV Inc
> >>>Winter Haven, Fl
> 63) 299-8821
> >>>estab. 1976
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: Electric Medic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Date: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:31 pm
> >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem 
> wick
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Wayne: I tried those desolder stations one time, it was a Pace. 
> It
> >>>>was blue
> >>>>with a foot pedal and all. Had a long clear hose that ran up to
> >>>>the tool. I
> >>>>was not coordinated enough to use it. I tried and tried to work 
> that
> >>>>contraption, I was running solder all over the board. I couldn't
> >>>>suck and
> >>>>heat at the same time. I would suck after the solder was cool or
> >>>>vice versa.
> >>>>I would melt the plastic tip so the hole was to big then it 
> would
> >>>>slurp up
> >>>>chip components. I wouldn't even try it on those tiny areas 
> where
> >>>>those chip
> >>>>components are everywhere. I remember using it on a tuner that I
> >>>>replaced on
> >>>>some brand and I sucked up a chip resistor and I almost never
> >>>>figured out
> >>>>what was wrong with that set. Plus, I couldn't use it on service
> >>>>calls. I
> >>>>know I waste a lot of wick especially on flybacks, I must have 
> 6"
> >>>>of the
> >>>>stuff hanging with solder on it taking out a flyback, but I am
> >>>>used to it.
> >>>>
> >>>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne 
> Vanaman
> >>>>Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:49 AM
> >>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>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
> >>>>june2001.  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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