I think too that having a soldering iron with a large enough tip and therefore heat capacity to transfer heat to the joint as quickly as possible is advantageous. Many times I have grabbed the giant Weller gun to free the leads of the most stubborn components. Having a "Spudger" helps. (A Bell/AT&T tool with a metal hook).
Myron WVØH Printed on Recycled Data > On Feb 20, 2016, at 8:23 AM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been in the manufacturing process for a LONG time and the rework > stations used in SMT parts is a state of art with custom equipment for the > process, Tips that are the exact size of the parts to heat up each end are > necessary for all part sizes down to 02-01 package and all of the IC's with > special square tips etc. Special soldering irons and vacuum rework stations. > Only simple rework should be attempted without the special tools required. > Sorry no easy answer. > > Mel, K6KBE > > > From: Mark Petrovic <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:11 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] Unsoldering > > I'm assembling an Elecraft K1, and get the distinct feeling that > unsoldering really is the last thing you want to be involved in. I > have solder wick that has embedded flux, and I have a solder sucker > that seems huge compared to the size of the features I'm dealing with. > The wick works ok at getting some of the solder out, but not all of > it. And a little bit of residual solder is still a major physical > blocker to correcting a misplaced component or bad joint. > > I feel like I'm a pretty good solder-er, but I have not had good luck > with unsoldering. Is it just me or does everyone have this problem? > > Thanks. > Mark > AE6RT > > -- > Mark > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
