[sdiy] solder wick?

[jhaible]

>Prepare a set of syringes of various diameters by leveling off the
>pointy end, they will last forever. You get the solder point wet and
>then just push the syringe over the wire and into the hole. Let it cool
>off while slightly turning and the wire is free.

That's an excellent trick. I've used it a lot to desolder ICs when I had
home-made pcbs with 1mm holes. A "Nadel Nr. 1" would smoothly
fit into the pcb hole, and had plenty of room inside it's own hole to
fit around the IC pin.

But with smaller holes (0.8mm or even 0.6mm for ICs) this should
be more difficult. I never tried it, though. Are there needles which
are small enough?

JH.