Acill's Amiga Repair Thread

[kneehighspy]

enjoying your work pics.  quick question, what do you use for desoldering?

thanks

[kneehighspy]

It depends on the job and the component. For surface mount caps I use a hot air desoldering station. For SIMM sockets I prefer to use a handheld desoldering pump but sometimes use a vacuum desoldering station. I also do that for through hole components. Surface chips are all removed with hot air. Through hole all with vacuum desoldering station so it is quick.

I do have a set of Hakko desoldering tweezers, but I dont like to use them. Its to easy to kill a solder pad with those things, so I prefer to just break out the hot air unless its for something fast like one part.



Thanks for the compliment. I am trying hard to save as many as I can and make sure its done right for a fair price!!

thanks for the response!  i have a hakko-fr300 and i like it alot, i just notice your desoldering work looks awesome and wish mine looked like that.  please keep posting your pics, their awesome.  any sites or videos you could point to for some advanced desoldering pointers?

thanks!

//kneehighspy

[kneehighspy]

more awesome work Acill.  thanks for posting.

//kneehighspy