"Mr. INTJ" wrote:
> I started doing hobby electronics again fairly recently, and recycling/
> scavenging is a big draw for me. As it happens, my company throws away
> lots of useful stuff, and over the past year I've brought home lots of
> circuit boards with various useful parts on them.
>
> I've got a solder sucker and solder wick/braid, but components with
> more than two or three leads continue to be a problem for me. I have a
> little soldering station with a soldering iron, but I've been thinking
> that I probably need some hot tweezers or a heat gun of some kind.
> Most of the stuff that I'm recovering from these boards are through-
> hole components ... I haven't graduated to SMT-at-home just yet.
>
> I don't mind springing for the right tools, but I don't want to buy
> something only to find that it still isn't very effective.
>
> I'd like to hear from the folks that do a significant amount of this
> kind of thing (desoldering), and which tools/methods they favor.
Well there's no substitute for a de-solder tool (manual or vacuum). If you
have a Weller TCP, I think there's an accesory for it. There's still a
knack to it though.
Graham
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