17 Apr
2008
17 Apr
'08
2:33 p.m.
That is an excellent technique, and I don't recall
having real problems
lifting the pin from the Vcc or GND holes (signal pins are easy) - I
recall having problems getting the power through-holes clean enough to
install a socket.
I think I had to resort to heating one side of the board and sucking the
solder from the other side - much easier with the board in a vise.
Isn't that how you're supposed to do it? It's certainly how I clean out
PCB holes if I need to add extra chips to a wave-soldered board (the most
recent example being upgrading my 512K HP Integral memory PCB to 1M).
-tony