Re: Fast removal of FBT's Was: De-soldering ICs with a hot air gun.

In message <zk%Si.119$yV6.94@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark D. Zacharias <mzacharias@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Just had to tell someone - I got a bright idea to remove a flyback
transformer using a paint stripper gun.

AMAZING. Had that FBT out of there in about 40 seconds - no need to fight
the thing clearing eyelets, etc.
Weller instant heat soldering gun, length of heavy gauge copper wire in place of the normal tip bent into the outline of the pins, works wonderfully. As for the heat gun desoldering ICs, I recommend a Steinel variable heat gun, used to work on lots of expensive IBM motherboards using one of these to pre-heat or desolder chips.

Done it twice now. Works great. Surely someone here has done this, But I
work with a couple really experienced TV techs and they hadn't thought of it
before...

I would recommend watching out for any nearby SMD's, though...


Mark Z.



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