[Lab] Desoldering?

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

I will be doing my first smd board soon.  I am thinking of getting a
new tip for my solder pencil.  I have the WES51 (weller) compatible
with the ET solder tips
I have the ETA.  Would any one recommend any other tip? here is a link
to their tips

http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/weller/index.cfm?model_list=1&att_id=WEL007%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&att1=Tips%20and%20Nozzles%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&att2=ET%20Series

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
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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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