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DIY solder sucker

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Cheapest vacuum solder sucker was a poorly made one for $160 on Ebay. Tried to make one using a cheap vacuum pump but it didn't have enough instant suck to be useful. Made this one for under $30 and it does fairly well. I practiced on an old network card I had.
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Looks interesting but your links don't go to a larger pic.
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I just posted them, not sure why it's a dead link when they are clicked on. Would have to ask Melon64 about that one.
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What I mean is clicking on a pic just takes me to postimages.org's home page.

And I'd like more pictures of your invention; I already know what desoldered parts looks like! :lol:
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These should be bigger. Posted pictures of the desoldered parts to show it did a fairly clean job and didn't have to ruin parts removing them.

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Hi radron5809,

I like it!😁


Have you had any issues or concerns using your desoldering device?
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