See chat list Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "John @ Myers TV " <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:35 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 1 pound roll solder, 50 feet of chem wick > 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 >>>>(863) 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>--------- >>>>>- >>>>>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech- >>>>>assist.org/remove.htmSet Vacation >>>>>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>>>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login >>>>>Problems?".Email Archives: >>>>>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>---------- >>>>>This Email List is Public. 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