8 Apr
2010
8 Apr
'10
12:15 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 22:31, Alexandre Souza - Listas
<pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com> wrote:
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You can (or at least could) get cutters almost designed for this sort of
job. Essentailly a flsh-cutting end cutter. Most of the manufacturers of
precision pliers/cutters (LIndstrom, CK, etc) make them. If you go to a
good tool shop, you can problably get a pair (but be waned they will not
be cheap!).
-tony
Bummer.
=A0I'm not good at desoldering chips without potential damage to
the board.
=A0 Why not cut the pins of the IC very near the ic body, and later heat = pins and pull it with a pair of tweezers? It
**IS** easy!
That's what I ended up doing on the 1010 - but the chips were put in
all the way so that the only exposed part of the legs were the 'fat'
portion - there was very little room in between to get a pair of side
cutters in there and I had to apply a lot of force. If I slip, that