[remove soldered chips] Cheap & Dirty

[Michael]

Hi All,
  I am a jeweler by birth and have used my oxy/natural gas torch to remove
headers and other hardware from pcb's. Gotta work fast!!! I personally
doubt(even with my 30years of skill) that ANY component can be successfully
removed without being TOTALLY FRIED!!!! I have made sterling silver "heads"
for 35 watt irons to successfully remove chips by heating all pins at once.
I'd be glad to custom make anyone some of these. Of course, each one is chip
specific, so a small collection would be necessary. Silver sounds expensive
but not so and will last forever!
                                                            Michael
                                                         reslabs at airmail.net

The Dark force of dance wrote:

> Y-ellow Y'all.
>
> At 12:25 AM 05/24/99 +1000, Paul Perry wrote:
> >At 08:30 AM 23/05/99 CDT, Quinton Fulsom wrote:
> >....the skillet trick....
> >
> >while we're heating & beating, remember almost the only way
> >to get solder in your eye is from a pcb springing with
> >molten solder on it (or pulling a lead off a springy joint,
> >it lets go & sproing!splat).
> >
> >I was pretty impressed the first time I got solder on my glasses.
>
> As always. Word's of wisdom from our Paul. Yes. Besides sitting naked on
> your verada with a blow torch in your hand, adiquate eye protection is
> mandatory. I also use a resperatator some times as well. If it's a
> particularly troublesome board which is likely to give off more than it's
> far share of toxic fumes.
>
> Also if you're using an Oxy set, you need to think about eye protection
> from looking at the flame. I've never done this exactly but I would assume
> that you would have some problems with this.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Be absolutely Icebox.
>
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