On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:28:23 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 21:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > > good soldering station with an vacuum pump driven solder removal > > > tool > > > > I had boards where a Weller vacuum pump driven solder removal tool > > didn't help, but it was easy to do with hot air soldering. It > > doesn't pay for me to own such gear, but for a friend it does, so > > replacing parts on multi-layers is possible without much effort, if > > you have the right tools. In the circle of friends perhaps somebody > > knows somebody who has the gear at least at the place of work > > available. > > Replacing the board might be the best idea, however, it's entertaining > to search the web or > > DIY hot air soldering > > There are howtos for building a hot air soldering station from an > elCheapo soldering iron and some other parts ;). > Long ago, Weller sold a rubber bulb attachment for their standard mag-stat iron to suck molten solder off a joint. I've *seen* someone use one of these as a hot-air tool to remove a 44-ish pin quad SMD. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131213220411.60b83...@jretrading.com