[Boatanchors] Tooth Picks

[Sherry Guttery]

On 5/15/2013 7:27 AM, Chris Bower wrote:
> Thanks from me too, Ron. Simple idea that was right in front of me and I
> never thought of it. I practiced on some old terminal lugs and it works
> great.
> Told my nephew about it and he called me and said it didn't work for him.
> He was using plastic toothpicks.
> Sigh.....I give up.
>
> Chris Bower
> N8NW
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/14/2013 09:26 AM, Ron wrote:
>>
>>> --uselss stuff snipped----
>>>
>>> BTW, I do keep (wooden) tooth picks on my bench. Very useful for
>>> desoldering
>>>
>>> PCBs. After removing a component, I reheat the pad and stick a toothpick
>>> in it
>>>
>>> while twirling. This leaves a tiny mound of solder around a perfectly
>>> clean hole.
>>>
>>> It's now easy to insert a new component and resolder.
>>>
>>> -- Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Way cool,
>>
>> Thanks Ron. I'm moving the tooth picks to my bench!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bill  KU8H

Lots of laughs - I'm sure he knows better now ;-)

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