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Re: Removing SMDs

2011-07-08 by Andrew

Sure, here you go:

http://home.earthlink.net/~a_wake/SMD_soldering_iron_1.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~a_wake/SMD_soldering_iron_2.jpg

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, 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:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > 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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