"Ted Edwards" wrote in message
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Norm Dresner wrote:

I'd like to build a desoldering station. Conventionally this is done
with a
soldering iron and a vacuum source. In the best units the tip of the
iron
is hollow and the vacuum draws through it. But I don't want to purchase
a
vacuum pump for the same reason that I don't want to purchase a
commercial
soldering station: cost.

Is there some reason why you don't just buy a Solder Sucker? This is a
hand held plastic device which you cock. You then apply soldering iron,
poke the teflon tip of the solder sucker into the melt and press the
trigger. It produces a short, sharp suction that is very effective.

I've got two in the house now. But I'm partially disabled with
neurological problems in my hands and the less I have to use them the better
I work.

Norm