Re: Re: Need a POKEY Desolder advice

A hot air gun works too (paint stripping type) .. as long as you're scrapping the board ... £10 from your local DIY shop!
Disclaimer .. Use in a well ventilated area ... You can burn yourself with one of these etc etc .. Don't use it as a hairdryer when drunk ..

Message date : Sep 25 2003, 05:43 PM
>From : Paul Swan
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Subject : Re: VECTOR: Need a POKEY Desolder advice
Hehe,

Yeah that works.

At first I couldn't find a cheap solder pot large enough (no Ebay then),
so I bought one of those small Antex tinning pots, milled out a hole in
the bottom of die cast aluminuim rectangular box and then bolted that to
the top of the pot. I then bought a spare element and wired that inside
to change it from 2 to 3 elements to up the power. Was big enough to pop
out a 68K and took an hour to re-solidify :-)

Worked a treat, but with no means to seal the join over time solder
leaked out from the bottom of the box.

Now, bought a big pot off Ebay to replace it.

Regards,

Paul.

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Received on Thu Sep 25 12:53:13 2003