[Lab] Desoldering?

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

That pump should be all you need.  It is about 10$ at radio shack.  I
got one last month.

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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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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