[Lab] Desoldering?

[Ryan Stec]

I will check today, and get back to everyone.

If we don't, maybe you can pick one up Jonathan and we will re-imburse you for it.

will let you know.
ryan
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On 2010-08-17, at 11:28 AM, Andrew O'Malley wrote:

> I definitely second a solder pump like Tom suggested.
> 
> Not sure if we have one at the lab?
> 
> Cheers,
> ao.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Jonathan,
>> 
>> Not sure how familiar you are with desoldering but I strongly suggest
>> picking up one of these:
>> 
>> http://www.cablelot.com/images/900-001N.JPG
>> 
>> Basically you prime the pump, heat up the solder you want to remove, bring
>> the pump tip very close to the solder, hit the trigger and the suction pulls
>> the solder out.  It's much much easier than using wick.  Not sure if you can
>> get them at radio shack but I know the Active Electronics near Merivale has
>> them.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Tom
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Jonathan Rudenberg <jonathan at titanous.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if we have any desoldering tools in the lab (such as
>>> solder wick)?
>>> 
>>> Jonathan
>>> 
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