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<p>I have a tweezer-style remover for my Metcal. They are nice for
pulling off passives and small ICs. Also you can get hot air
rework machines pretty cheap. <br>
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<p>--TimR<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/19/2016 4:20 PM, Jason Proctor
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<div dir="ltr">dear sdiy,
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<div>although i'm mostly a software guy, i've done a fair amount
of building modular synth modules and music gear, and my
record for stuff working after i've built it is pretty good.
so i trust myself with thru-hole assembly and maintenance etc.</div>
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<div>however, the little company for which i work is now
planning a hardware product, which is currently in prototype.
we'd like to be able to make small fixes (reattach cable to
barely visible resistor, etc) without bouncing back to our
EMS, which costs money and time.</div>
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<div>question - what kind of gear would an EMS have to make SMD
rework "easy" ? is such gear affordable for small operations
such as ours? is it just a case of a big magnifying glass and
a narrow solder point, or is there more to it?</div>
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<div>thanks much for any help with this!</div>
<div>Jason</div>
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--Tim Ressel
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