[remove soldered chips] Cheap & Dirty

[Paul Perry]

At 09:59 AM 24/05/99 +0900, The Dark force of dance wrote:
 What concerns me however is
>that if it takes a minute or two to heat up, the yield rate would surely be
>pretty poor. Most chips are rated at 10 seconds per pin @ 300 - 350
>degrees. Solder melting point. So if you were heating the boards up for a
>minute or even half a minute, surely the chips would become heat-stressed? 

I guess you would heat up the sand and then add the board!
and i dont know about this bending the pins over!! are you shooting your stuff 
to the moon or something? I dont know any production gear that (shudder)
bends the 
chip legs flat..

paul perry melb aust