When I had to solder on some surface mount chips, I took a file and filed down one of the larger tips I already had. Tapered it down to a nice small ended tip that did the job well. Best Regards At 04:42 PM 7/25/03 -0400, you wrote:

There was a small and cheap Weller (I think it was a 12W element, and certainly not temperature controlled) that had a very find (0.25mm) needle bit available. I have no idea if this iron was ever sold in the US (the one I saw was 240V), but it was useable for SMD work. Well, oftem you can use an iron that's too large if you're careful. Resolder all the pins, don't worry too much about bridges. Then clean up the bridges and blobs with desolder braid (soldamop, whatever you call it). Make sure there are no shorts before applying power. Are you sure the pins are desoldered? Often this sort of damage rips the pads off the board, which means you have a much worse repair. -tony