[Elecraft] de-Solder wick/braid

[thom2 at att.net]

Lloyd,
  Are you supposed to but the braid *on top* of the iron which is heating the solder you are trying to remove?  

  I always just put the braid on the joint and placed the tip of the soldering iron on top of the braid, heating the braid and the solder.  Would like to know the correct way, I certainly seem to do a lot of solder removal...hi

Tom, WB2QDG
K2 1103

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Lloyd Lachow <llachow at yahoo.com>
> 
> Jon, VE8JJ, wrote:
> 
> >I just want to confirm the assembly instructions:
> >R18 and R19 are basically resistors with value of 0 
> >(zero) ohms. So you
> >solder in a piece of wire for each of them. Then if 
> >and when you are ready
> >to install KAF2, you desolder and remove the two
> wires 
> >at R18 and .R19.
> 
>   Confession: I've built everything I've ever built,
> including a K1, two KX1s, two Rock-Mites, an ATS-3 and
> various test equipment, and now part of my K2...with
> the same Radio Shack 30W pencil. I do, however, swap
> out the tip once in a while! For solder, I use the RS
> 2% silver-bearing, thin solder...because it's so nice
> and shiny!
> 
>   Using desoldering braid, also from RS, has never
> been a problem. Placing the braid flat on a filled,
> plated through-hole, I hold the iron vertically and
> stick the tip into the spot where the hole is, under
> the braid, and I watch for the flow of solder into the
> braid. The result is a slick, clean hole. Never a
> problem.
> 
>    mojo!
> 
> 
>   LL/K3ESE
> 
> 
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