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They're an amazing piece of kit for doing thru-hole work. I love mine, just pay attention to keep it clean or it will plug and become...

Congrats, glad it works out for you, certainly you have a pretty big task ahead. The heat control is important, if one spends the money...

My Hakko arrived today. WOW, I feel as though I'm cheating now. I had no idea these things work this well. It cuts in an incredible...

I was assuming the ones you were desoldering were to replace anyways + through hole doing hot air from the back doesn't necessarily...

It's a thru hole sensor which will destruct with hot air gun.

I already have one of them, it's 8 pins per sensor and 100 boards. I've never used the high end one but it certainly appears to be...

I've gone ahead and ordered the Hakko. :) I've got 100 of these piezo sensors for washing machines to replace. Good friend of mine...

I prefer proper desoldering stations. The larger one from Star Tec is very powerful and adaptable to different desoldering tasks. One...

What are the details about the preamp?

I'm all about buying the quality tool once which lasts nearly forever. However, sometimes, experienced people such as @tomchr might...

I have been soldering for a very long time, and since it is not as a job - I never felt the need for something like the Hakko, and the...

Anyone have a recommendation other than the Hakko FR-301? Anything less expensive that works well?

Sure. I have updates to the Preamp Power Supply and Universal Filament Regulator coming. Hopefully also a preamp before too long. Tom

Any new and exciting products coming that you're willing to share?

Hey everyone, I’ve just uploaded a new video showing how to design a 4-way speaker system using LinFIR, with linear-phase FIR...