removing parts from PCBs

[Witchy]

On Sat, November 12, 2005 3:19 am, Allison said:
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> Myself I torch the bottom and use a spring loaded chip extractor.
> That and a pliers or tiny screwdriver to straighten any bent
> pins keeping it in the board.

I'm right in assuming this technique requires a bit of practice? :)
There's me spending half an hour warming up the Leister blower when all I
need to do is get the soldering torch from my toolkit? Not sure how well
that would go down at work :D

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