25 Dec
1998
25 Dec
'98
12:52 a.m.
On Dec 24, 16:58, Allison J Parent wrote:
Subject: Re: Unsoldering
<I've tried using a heat gun to unsolder things, and I can't get it to =
<work. Either the solder doesn't melt, or the board gets too hot an bad
=
I use that trick to get parts off board where I don't care about the
board.
Sometimes I apply a propane torch. I get good parts
but the boards a
mess.
I suspect Hans may be using a thermostatically controlled hot air gun;
Steinel make a very nice one which is intended for this sort of work, but
it costs about 3 times the price of a normal paint stripper. They're easy
to find in DIY stores in Austria, so I imagine they're fairly common in
Germany too.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York