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In <651@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp> will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (William Reiken) writes:

>In article <1jebh6INNie7@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cstadbg@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr M J Brown) writes:
>>only if you heat ALL the legs. I have also managed to strip boards previously
>>to getting the Black and Decker with a butane blowtorch. It is a) a question
>>of practice, and b) remembering it is the PARTS you want to save and not the
>>board they are on. This will be pretty much damaged by large scale desoldering
>>

>	I was told that microchips will be damaged if you use this approach.
>Does it really matter?
>
>							Will...

Using the very same method, I have successfully stripped a bunch of
computer boards of their components, including Z80 CPU's and 8255 PIO's.
Everything worked fine.  I did it with a friend, he heated the PCB, I
pulled out the components and immediately threw them in a bucket of
water to cool them off, but I don't know if that's necessary.  One tip
though: do it outside.  The fumes stink and are probably not healthy.

Peter Herweijer
pieterh@sci.kun.nl