On 2000-10-21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Mike> said:
>One little tip that will save you (and the pcb) a lot of trouble...
>Get some fine side-cutters and snip every leg of the IC as close to
>the body as possible. It's very much easier to remove one leg at a
>time with the iron and a fine pair of tweezers.
>Once they're all out use a fine gauge Solder-Wick to remove all the
>solder from the holes. (Practise first. :)
Thank you, Mike... I believe I may already have such a small side-
cutter to do what you've suggested. If that's possible, it *would*
be much simpler! I also happen to have many discarded surgical
clamps, tweezers, etc., which are wonderful for this sort of work
as well... ;-)
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