+1 to that, wick is great for cleaning up a mess and just leaving joints soldered.<br><br>The pump is great for when you solder your last switch on your x0xb0x on the wrong side of the board (I did this ;) )<br><br>Tom<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Andrew Plumb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@plumb.org">andrew@plumb.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You'll need both if you have to do any SMD repair work. Solder wick is easier to absorb solder bridges from between tiny pins.<br>
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Andrew.<br>
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On 2010-08-17, at 1:08 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:<br>
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> That pump should be all you need. It is about 10$ at radio shack. I<br>
> got one last month.<br>
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> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Tom Burns <<a href="mailto:tom.i.burns@gmail.com">tom.i.burns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi Jonathan,<br>
>><br>
>> Not sure how familiar you are with desoldering but I strongly suggest<br>
>> picking up one of these:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.cablelot.com/images/900-001N.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.cablelot.com/images/900-001N.JPG</a><br>
>><br>
>> Basically you prime the pump, heat up the solder you want to remove, bring<br>
>> the pump tip very close to the solder, hit the trigger and the suction pulls<br>
>> the solder out. It's much much easier than using wick. Not sure if you can<br>
>> get them at radio shack but I know the Active Electronics near Merivale has<br>
>> them.<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> Tom<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Jonathan Rudenberg <<a href="mailto:jonathan@titanous.com">jonathan@titanous.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Does anyone know if we have any desoldering tools in the lab (such as<br>
>>> solder wick)?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Jonathan<br>
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