8 Apr
2010
8 Apr
'10
4:34 p.m.
>> There is an active thread on the list about
how to desolder chips. How
>> do you keep them from burning?
> That doesn't bother me as 63/37 solder melts somewhat below the
> temperature at which paper catches fire. It's *tinning* the darned
> stuff that's the problem.
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Easy -- coat them with aquadag and then copper-plate
them before tinning.
. . . or fire up the punch, and make a batch of chips out of "tin foil"