For surface mount I would never use a soldering iron. Learn to use a hot air gun and just pick the components of with tweezers.
For thru hole components I use a ‘proper’ desoldering gun which has a hole through the middle of the bit and will remove all solder surrounding a pin. With the right professional technique you gently move the pin around the hole, using the desoldering tool, which ensures that no part of the pin sticks to the plate-thru. Sorry I don’t have a link, but take a look at sites such as Banggood. They have some excellent desoldering ‘guns’ at around $40. 73, Alan - G4GNX > On 14 Mar 2022, at 05:06, Tony <73gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All: > > Can anyone recommend a budget de-soldering iron that can be used in tight > places? I need to remove a small component that has a few surface mount > devices close by so the iron would need to have a small tip. > > Also need advice on the best soldering iron to use for this type of work as > well as the best low-temp Rosin core solder to use. > > Thanks, > > Tony -K2MO > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to g4...@g4gnx.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
