Just curious how you all do it. I finally ran out of new ones and threaded an adapter for an air gun. Seems pretty quick, the center conductor will just shoot right out.
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Desoldering pl-259 easily
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Do you try to heat the whole thing at once?
I have been ripping the shield out, then heating each hole and blowing the solder out. Seems about 30 seconds of scraping the in inside gets any braid out.
Heres what i use for desoldering.
Its an old canister vacuum with a homemade fitting, hose and teflon tip.
I find the key is to desolder one hole then cool the fitting before going to the next. It takes a lot of time and doesnt always work. A good hot iron is a must.
Personally i dont solder the braid anymore. I see no need to. On my rg213 i fold the braid back over the jacket and screw the pl259 on then trim the braid and solder the tip. Not much different than crimp fittings which is what is being used more and more.
Its an old canister vacuum with a homemade fitting, hose and teflon tip.
I find the key is to desolder one hole then cool the fitting before going to the next. It takes a lot of time and doesnt always work. A good hot iron is a must.
Personally i dont solder the braid anymore. I see no need to. On my rg213 i fold the braid back over the jacket and screw the pl259 on then trim the braid and solder the tip. Not much different than crimp fittings which is what is being used more and more.
That is an awesome tool, nice job. Will it remove blackheads? Just sayin’, you might could be the next Dr Pimple Popper.
So unfortunately this was a tool that was smuggled from a job many years ago. It was part of an "in house" desoldering line nothing store bought so you'll have to build your own. Apparently my roomie liked the tool so much he had to bring one home. The handle has a spring and a felt filter to catch flux and solder. He has never seen another one like it.
I remove the braid & center conductor, tape over holes because my lungs don't have the cfm & pressure of a blower gun,
add some more solder inside pin & blow the molten solder out.
add some more solder inside pin & blow the molten solder out.
Wow this has just blown me away. I am impressed with the ingenuity I just witnessed, I may bring some of these ideas to my work. Screw the the high vacuum solder suckers I use. Give me a small torch and an air gun! BRILLANT. Good stuff guys.
On a lighter (and cheaper) note, y’all are doing it all wrong...especially the married guys here...
1) a woman has enough lung capacity to blow that solder out - without the heat.
2) if yours is like mine, she makes you so mad you’re filled with the fury of 1,000 hells and all you have to do is grasp the fitting tightly and the solder runs out.
Oh, I’m the only one with that 1000 hell anger... alright then.
1) a woman has enough lung capacity to blow that solder out - without the heat.
2) if yours is like mine, she makes you so mad you’re filled with the fury of 1,000 hells and all you have to do is grasp the fitting tightly and the solder runs out.
Oh, I’m the only one with that 1000 hell anger... alright then.
I sometimes channel Sam during difficult repairs.
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