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1000 WickGun™ Desoldering Braid Dispenser
Loading the WickGun™
Operating Instructions
Replacing the Cutter
Important - With WickGun
™
pointing left insert cassette with label
facing up so wick will feed from the right (counter clockwise).
1. Grasp cassette and pull out foam plug, then pull out
approximately 2 1/4" (57 mm) of wick.
2. Insert wick into guide slot. Rotate drive knob in feed
direction while seating cassette. Ensure wick is not
pinched between cassette and WickGun™ and that
cassette alignment tabs are seated in the alignment
slots in the gun.
3. If wick fails to feed, disengage cassette, grasp wick
and pull from wick guide slot, do not allow cassette
to unwind. Eliminate any kinks and/or frayed wick.
Repeat steps 1
–
2.
1.
Hold with thumb on drive knob and index finger over
the trigger.
2. Rotate drive knob in feed direction exposing 3/4" to
1" (19 to 25 mm) of wick. Do not press on the trigger
while dispensing wick.
3. Perform desoldering operation.
4.
Squeeze trigger to cut off filled wick.
Caution: to prevent jamming, do not retract wick
more than 1/2" (12 mm) past cutting blades and never
retract solder saturated wick past cutting blades.
1. To remove cutter:
A. Remove lever by pressing up and sliding
forward.
B. Slide nose clip up, then out to disengage.
C. Slide cutter out through front.
2. To install new Cutter:
A. Slide cutter inserting feed tube through slot in
back.
B. Slide lever into place. Nose clip tabs must be
seated in lever locator holes. Compress with
appropiate object pushed through small hole in
lever to facilitate this step.
3. To maintain good cutting action periodically remove
blades and clean with flux solvent.
AVOID contact between solvent and plastic parts.
FEED DIRECTION
DRIVE KNOB
NOSE CLIP
LEVER
TRIGGER
STEP B.
LEVER
LEVER LOCATOR HOLES
STEP A.
NOSE CLIP
STEP C.
CUTTER
CUTTING BLADE
SCREW
