Hot air gun/soldering station combo is around $100 new off ebay and is
probably the best solution.
Using hot air and flux in syringe I can remove most SMD components
including 200 pin qpfs in 20sec or less.
Low melt solder is ok except it's still easier to use the hot air
which has no cleanup.
Henry
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Mark Mickelsen <msmickelsen@...> wrote:
> Could you please post a link to the picture of the "forked soldering iron
> tip". I looked on site, but didn't see anything with the name "Andrew" or
> any cover pictures that looked like it. I'm probably blind, but I'd like to
> see the pictures.
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Andrew <a_wake@...> wrote:
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>> Two or three months ago I posted a picture of a "forked" soldering iron tip
>> that I made -- I was asking if I had come up with something new, or merely
>> re-invented the wheel. Not surprisingly, it was the latter ... but all the
>> same, it is a GREAT tool for removing SMD devices. The only downside is that
>> it is made to fit one particular profile. Since I have the copper and the
>> machine shop, I'll probably eventually make a few other profiles to fit the
>> other SMD components that I tend to use.
>>
>>
>> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Leybourne" <peter.ley08@...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Somebody may have mentioned this.....
>> > I saw somewhere an article with a soldering iron 'tip' extension made in
>> the
>> > shape of a two pronged fork. Several extensions were made as needed for
>> > different size/shape components.
>> >
>> > Peter
>> > MM5PSL
>> >
>>
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