From: andrewkennedy775@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:46:03 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:35:30 -0800 (PST), Andy   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I have been soldering for a lot of years, but all I had was a single 30W   
   temp iron and no desolder gun.   
   > >   
   > >My new kit will have adjustable heat and a desoldering gun.   
   > >   
   > >That will be nice as it's been a bear trying to wick up solder and sling it   
   away.   
   >   
   > I use wick, but mostly surface-mount. It's harder to wick thru-hole   
   > parts. I don't reuse parts, so I can snip off all the leads before   
   > desoldering. The board is important, the parts aren't.   
   >   
   > >   
   > >I have been using my bench grinder brush to clean my tips.   
   > >   
   > >My current tip is at least a year old, but still heats great.   
   > >   
   > >What do you use ?   
   >   
   > Metcal.   
   >   
   > >   
   > >What other tips do you have?   
   >   
   > Several sizes, and a really hot one for taking the insulation off   
   > magnet wire.   
   >   
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   > John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc   
   >   
   > lunatic fringe electronics   
      
   The tips I was referring was the helpful kind, not the soldering ones :-)   
      
   Andy   
      
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