[AH] Trim-pot POLY-800 MOD

[Vertical 8]

>But I had a miserable time trying to
>remove the trim pots from the Poly 800 board...  
>Basically, I was having a hard time desoldering and removing the trim pots.
>VR3 and VR5, I believe.  I had gone through numerous passes of heating the 
>traces, applying the solder wick (or bulb -- I tried both), and then
>applying firm but gentle upward pressure on the trim pots from the
>other side.  Not the easiest task with only two hands, as most hardware
>techs probably already know.  

Oops, I forgot to mention this when I posted my mod results, I could have
saved you from this hell. What I did to get those bastard trim pots off:

Kneel down on the floor put the PCB between your knees, heat the trimpot
solder contact on one side while wiggleing with pliers on the other. Rotate
from leg to leg, slowly. It takes a while, but it works. No broken trimpots
etc. Then you can just solder your pot connection leads in where the
trimmers used to be, voila!

Hope you feel better.
Jason