I used solder pooling 40 years ago to remove round 10 lead IC's from the crowded Motorola HT-220's. Worked great with good technique. Technique was to dribble it on, until touching all leads, then dip iron in puddle, and quickly pull. Clean up was easy with a solder sucker.
Chip-Quick is great, because it melts at a low temp. But be careful, if not careful, it can go 'everywhere'! Been there, done that! On 02/20/2016 11:50 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I really should update the Desoldering Primer to mention Chip-Quik. I've used > it to remove 100-pin TQFPs with no damage to the parts or the PCB. It's > really cool stuff. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And as a last resort, cut the leads and then clean out the bad parts and >> leads. Even the best rework gal will not try to save a multi-leaded part. >> Too much risk of damage to the PCB. >> >> Mel, K6KBE > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > -- /************************************************* * Amateur Radio Station AC0HY * * W. Paul Mills SN807 * * Assistant EC Alpha-1 ARES Shawnee/Wabunsee, KS * * President Kaw Valley Amateur Radio Club * *************************************************/ ______________________________________________________________ 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]
