[sdiy] moving to SMD/SMT

[Glen]

At 07:54 PM 10/12/04 , Tony Clark wrote:

>   The second tool is usually a set of tweezers, or a dual tipped 
>soldering iron that comes with a variety of unusual attachments.  
>Different sized blades can usually be stuck onto these so that you can 
>easily grab aSMD part straight off the PCB in one shot!

I have been known to use two soldering irons at the same time, one in each
hand, to remove passive SMDs with 2 leads. It might sound awkward to
maneuver two irons at once, but it isn't too bad. One of those
tweezer-style soldering irons would be nice, but the only ones I know of
are rather expensive.

Of course, this trick only works well for simple parts with 2 leads.  :)

later,
Glen