John, To add to Ron's advice, If you use tweezers to hold the part, do not use the type known as Locking Tweezers. These are guaranteed to launch the SMD across the room.
Also, If you have a cat, bolt the cat to the floor or bribe it not to help. 73, Geoff LX2AO On April 12, 2012 at 16:52 +0200, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >A two-terminal SMD is very easy to replace. Find a small, thin tool (e.g. > tiny screwdriver, tip of a knife blade or even a toothpick) and place it > where the SMD body touches the board and lift up on the SMD while heating > one end with your soldering iron. It will tilt up, held by the solder at > the > other end. Now touch the other end with your iron while holding the part > with small needle nose pliers or tweezers to free it. <snip> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
