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Or a hole per second if you've got skillz like me!Skyone wrote:Don't you have a desoldering iron? Those things can desolder 30 holes a minute if you're good!
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The nearest hardware store which sells desoldering irons is about 10 mile away, (a long way with no car) and they sell them for £50.
I bought a solder sucker and a soldering iron for much less than that.
Recommend any online stores?
braid doesn't get the crap out the holes.
I bought a solder sucker and a soldering iron for much less than that.
Recommend any online stores?
braid doesn't get the crap out the holes.
gamemasterAS wrote:Solder is also bad for you, says on the spindal that its known to cause cancer in the state of California.
vskid wrote:I'm safe, I live in Utah.
http://www.ceitron.com/solder/desolder.html is pretty nice. You live in the UK, right? Don't have radio shack there?
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Yeah UK. No idea if there's a Radio Shack, but I haven't got one local if UK does have Radio Shack...
DESOLDERING IRON
Operating at 30 watts, 120V, it features a quality tip with a center hole diameter of .062". Handy vacuum bulb is included. A must for every technician!
Part No. 3S3-300
$7.95
$7.95!!! That's like £4! You couldn't get a soldering iron for £4 here, let alone a desoldering iron. My soldering iron cost around £15, and even that is a rip off for something that heats things up. Even replacement tips cost £4 for 3.
DESOLDERING IRON
Operating at 30 watts, 120V, it features a quality tip with a center hole diameter of .062". Handy vacuum bulb is included. A must for every technician!
Part No. 3S3-300
$7.95
$7.95!!! That's like £4! You couldn't get a soldering iron for £4 here, let alone a desoldering iron. My soldering iron cost around £15, and even that is a rip off for something that heats things up. Even replacement tips cost £4 for 3.
gamemasterAS wrote:Solder is also bad for you, says on the spindal that its known to cause cancer in the state of California.
vskid wrote:I'm safe, I live in Utah.
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Yes, and Maplins don't have desoldering irons, they have desoldering pumps, one of which I bought from Maplin and was pretty expensive. Still not doing the trick though..
gamemasterAS wrote:Solder is also bad for you, says on the spindal that its known to cause cancer in the state of California.
vskid wrote:I'm safe, I live in Utah.
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2 more holes left that wont desolder... a few that still have a little solder blockage preventing wire going through it.
EDIT: Started soldering in wires.. It's a big puzzle. I accidently ripped up another trace on the DVD unit so I need to find an alternative source to solder it to now.
EDIT: Started soldering in wires.. It's a big puzzle. I accidently ripped up another trace on the DVD unit so I need to find an alternative source to solder it to now.
gamemasterAS wrote:Solder is also bad for you, says on the spindal that its known to cause cancer in the state of California.
vskid wrote:I'm safe, I live in Utah.
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Building my own PCB would require me to desolder all the original components along with CPU / GPU, map the original PCB, resize it, and then build it, and then solder the components back on.
It's a near impossible task to do.
About 15 holes left.. I had to undo it all because I realised I was 1 pin out each time. I'm glad I decided to double check when I finished soldering.
It's a near impossible task to do.
About 15 holes left.. I had to undo it all because I realised I was 1 pin out each time. I'm glad I decided to double check when I finished soldering.
gamemasterAS wrote:Solder is also bad for you, says on the spindal that its known to cause cancer in the state of California.
vskid wrote:I'm safe, I live in Utah.