On Saturday 29 May 2004 08:53 pm, crankorgan wrote:
board, and didn't know that they reached solder-melting temperature. It
shouldn't be a surprise, though, since they'll make paint bubble up pretty
good...
on what you want to unsolder for. Much of mine has been to salvage parts,
but I guess I have enough parts these days that it'll take a *LONG* time
before I'll ever use 'em all up.
depending on what I'm working on. Different styles of boards tend to have
different results, and sometimes one will work better than another.
> Roy,I've seen those heat guns, never thought about using one to get parts off a
> The ones we had made by Pace used a thin wall stainless steel tip.
> The tip got hot. These days I use a heat gun (PaintStripper B&D) to
> remove parts from proto boards so I can reuse them.
board, and didn't know that they reached solder-melting temperature. It
shouldn't be a surprise, though, since they'll make paint bubble up pretty
good...
> To replace a part I cut the pins of the part next to the body of the device.I've seen that advice in repair-oriented material before. I guess it depends
> I then heat and remove one pin at a time.
on what you want to unsolder for. Much of mine has been to salvage parts,
but I guess I have enough parts these days that it'll take a *LONG* time
before I'll ever use 'em all up.
> I sometimes use a solder sucker to open the holes after that or a toothpickI've done that, used the one-shot desoldering tools, and also braid,
> with flux on it.
depending on what I'm working on. Different styles of boards tend to have
different results, and sometimes one will work better than another.