Hmm, maybe coral cache next time?

Posted at 10:08 pm on Nov 3rd, 2006 by David Li

working fine for me, this seems pretty useful

Posted at 10:42 pm on Nov 3rd, 2006 by weirdguy0101

I prefer the desoldering bulb mod…

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/07/how-to-make-a-surface-mount-soldering-iron/

Hasen’t let me down yet.

Posted at 11:02 pm on Nov 3rd, 2006 by Alexander

hah! I wrote that. Glad to hear it works for you. Some people have had bad luck with it.

Posted at 11:12 pm on Nov 3rd, 2006 by Will O'Brien

http://www.macetech.com/desolder-close.jpg i just heat until it wiggles, flip up with a dental pick. that’s a $20 heat gun suspended over the board, on low setting. you’ll want to put foil over the rest of the board. soldering is easy, use a small iron and roll a tiny bead along all the pins in one stroke. if you did it right, the whole row is soldered. if not, you need to use a little desoldering braid and clean up one or two bridges. flux pen helps a lot.

Posted at 11:34 pm on Nov 3rd, 2006 by mac

where do you guys get your solder paste? i’ve been trying to find a good / cheap supplier, but i have no idea who to go with. i’ve been salvaging surface mount components for some time, but now i’d like to start using them in my own designs!

Posted at 7:44 am on Nov 4th, 2006 by lain

Bollocks, not bullocks, Ben.

Posted at 9:52 am on Nov 4th, 2006 by kwijibo

Good information. My soldering skills are hardly up to par compared to some of those tutorials, but nevertheless useful.

Posted at 4:21 pm on Nov 4th, 2006 by jimmy d

@mac: the chip doesn’t break when hot-air desoldering? is there a maxmimum time for heating?

Posted at 8:30 pm on Nov 4th, 2006 by DarkFader

“that mush lead paste” most solder paste is now lead free and has been for a few years now.

Posted at 9:09 am on Nov 5th, 2006 by matt baker

A bullock is a bull with no bollocks!!!

Posted at 1:40 am on Oct 23rd, 2008 by Grovenstien