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
>