[sdiy] PCB and solder wick questions

[Seb Francis]

flightofharmony at comcast.net wrote:
> Hello again, a couple of questions:
>
> 1) Is there a PCB editor that will route for specific board types? Meaning proto-style boards - strip-board, pad-per-hole, usw.
>
>   

You can use any PCB editor.  Just set the grid/snap to 0.1" or whatever 
you need.  For stripboard I use bottom copper to represent the tracks, 
and top copper to represent the wire connections between tracks.  You 
need to make yourself a few different length packages for components 
like resistors, etc.  Here's a stripboard layout done this way:
http://burnit.co.uk/sdiy/index.php?page=joykontrol&subpage=layout
(software used was Proteus, but any PCB software would do)

Of course there's always this software:
http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/lochmaster.html
(I haven't used it but it looks pretty)


> 2)  Is there a way to rejuvenate old solder wick?  Maybe a good tarnish remover or dilute acid solution?
>   

Yep, like Eric said: liquid flux.  Or just buy some more, it's not so 
expensive!

Seb