Hot tweezers work good, or if you don't have the budget to buy those, 2
irons with small-ish tips works good too! That way you can heat both sides
at the same time, and surface mount L C and R's come off quite easily.
I've never had much luck with the "alternate sides method", unless you don't
mind destroying the part.
Andrew
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Paul Mateer <paul.aa9gg@...> wrote:
> I have one too, but never use it. Use tweezers. If removing an IC, I
> suggest
> looking into "chip quik". For C's and R's, you can alternately heat each
> end
> and "float" it off.
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...
> >wrote:
>
> > ∗∗
> >
> >
> > Just use regular metal tweezers.
> > I have such a vacuum pick-up tool (with a pump) but almost never use it.
> >
> > ST
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:39 AM, msmickelsen <msmickelsen@...>
> wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of a manual vacuum picker-upper for SMD parts. I
> don't
> > have enough of them to do to justify too much expense. But part of what
> I
> > have to do is remove just a few SMD resistors in a larger field of many
> such
> > devices. I'm thinking that I'll have to heat the whole board and loosen
> all
> > of the SMDs and then just pick off the few that I need to. It seems to
> me
> > that the easiest way to do that will be with some kind of vacuum tool. I
> > think I've seen tool that were operated by actually sucking on a tube in
> > order to pick up the SMD. I also think that I've seen a DIY device that
> > used an aquarium pump to supply the vacuum.
> > >
> > > In any event, would someone care to advise me as to what might the best
> > solution to this problem? A vacuum may not be the best way.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
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