One way of looking at desoldering it's god's way of punishing you for making stupid mistakes. Seriously, desoldering is not easy and not easily learned even if you have a good teacher. Two people trained alike will not do it alike. It takes lots of patience in personal self-taught learning. Patience is also the key word in the actual removal process. I think women are better at it because they don't lose patience and resort to brute force. The best paid person on the production line will be the rework specialist because they earn every penny.
You have already been given much good advice. The only thing I would add is to buy some junk boards at surplus or flea market and practice before you try the expensive boards. 73, Fred, AE6QL -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Petrovic Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:12 AM To: [email protected] 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]
