desoldering problems and technique

[Dan Roganti]

What I do is add extra heat on the opposite side using an extra pencil 
tip solder iron , hold the board vertically[or use a vise], it helps 
control the action this way, and preheat the other side with the 
desolder iron [with the bulb squeezed tightly] for several seconds and 
then release. This also helps with the stubborn power pins on any DIP 
package.

=Dan

http://www.vintagecomputer.net/ragooman/
http://www.midatlanticretro.org/



Brian Lanning wrote:
> Hi Everyone.  I'm harvesting parts from an old 386 motherboard... a
> couple pin headers and a few ISA slots for that 2000 upgrade I
> mentioned earlier.  I'm having a bit of trouble though.  I'm using one
> of those bulb-type solder suckers.  The problem is that I think I'm
> getting 95% of the solder out of there.  But the bit of solder that
> remains is preventing me from removing the parts from the holes.  Can
> anyone offer suggestions to make this go more smoothly?
>
> brian
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