removing parts from PCBs

Am 11 Nov 2005 20:31 meinte compoobah at valleyimplants.com: Any kind will do it. Still, it's only a solution if you don't have an electrc heat gun, and need it done right away. Or if you realy don't care about the environment, especialy the one you are about to inhale. Just keep in mind that a torch will not only get the solder runnin', but also burns away all the stuff that's inside the boards, and the 'strange matter' that has been gathered over the years on the boards ... all this will form a quite interesting mixture to inhale. Also a torch gives you a rather hard to controll heat distribution, while it's easy to get this done with a heat blower. In the mid 80s, I salvaged hundreds of 256k chips from old boards, and it's been a matter of minutes to get that done with a blower. Just fix one end in a vice , heat the backside and let the board vibrate a bit.. the chips will come out right away. We're living in an age with enormus energies right in our hands ... Gruss H. -- VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/