removing parts from PCBs

[Bob Bradlee]

As a kid I used one to melt lead to make little toy army men from some molds 
my dad brought back from a trip to england.
Then I found a bullet mold and used it to make canon shot for a brass cannon 
I made on a friend dad's lathe. Canon, mold, solderpot and powder
all got taken away and thrown out , but we did have a lot of fun before getting caught :)

Most PCB's were produced by passing them over a wave of solder
formed in a big solder pot of sorts :)

Tinning stranded wire was the official reason for its existence ....

I remember a production/shop rule that stated all stranded wire must be tinned
or have an end put on it, if it was to be connected to a screw tab.
The QA people would raise hell if we didn't and send it back for rework.

Bob


On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:46:55 -0500, Paul Koning wrote:

>>>>>> "Chris" == Chris M <Chris> writes:

> Chris> I don't know what a solder pot is exactly, but at one point I
> Chris> was contemplating fabricating a sort of U shaped thing to bolt
> Chris> onto the end of a solder iron (albeit a hefty one).

>That should work; I've seen things like that.

>A solder pot is a pot full of molten solder.  Think of a crockpot or a
>soup mug with an electric heater in the bottom.  Insert bars of solder
>and let them melt.

>I never understood what those things are meant to be used for; they
>show up in tool catalog but never with any explanation.  Is component
>removal the "official" reason for them?  Or tinning wires?  

>	paul