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


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