[Lab] Desoldering?

[Andrew Plumb]

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.

Andrew.

On 2010-08-17, at 1:08 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:

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