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Re: tip for some...

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From: Mark Zenier
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 1990 06:26
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In article <14100@ucsd.Edu>, brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes:
> To bulk-pull chips, an easy way to desolder them all is to clamp one
> edge of the board into a vise, go at the back of the board with a
> diffuse blowtorch flame, and when all is molten, simply bend the board
> towards you then then release it.  It will spring away, throwing chips
> and molten solder all around.

Unless they have bent over pins, or use those power distribution/bypass
capacitor strips that share the same holes.  At that point, a pair
of Visegrips and a insulated glove was called for.


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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: tip for some...
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Date: 5 Jun 90 06:26:49 GMT
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