Homebrew PCBs

I "recently" removed a 144-pin LQFP with XActo knife, iron and braid.  If you have pics or a video of removing such a critter with iron and hot air in 20 sec, I'd live to see it.  I spend the better part of 15 minutes on that part.

Donald.
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Liu" <henryjliu@...>
> To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 8:38:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Removing SMDs
> 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:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
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