[Elecraft] Unsoldering

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Having done a lot of component level repairs in the field (sitting on the
deck of a ship usually) I was often limited to solder wick or, at best, a
spring loaded sucker and my butane powered soldering iron. 

I quickly learned that wick works 1000% better if it's dipped in some liquid
rosin solder just before use to augment the "internal" flux. So prepared
it's often much faster and cleaner than the sucker. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kevin
Stover
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:21 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unsoldering

I thought the same thing when I built my K2/100.
As big as the solder sucker looks it does work. I had much more luck with it
compared to the solder braid.
Keep the soldering iron on the pad in question to keep the solder liquid
than stick the solder sucker on the other side of the pad from the iron and
hit the button.


On 2/20/2016 9:11 AM, Mark Petrovic wrote:
> I'm assembling an Elecraft K1, and get the distinct feeling that 
> unsoldering really is the last thing you want to be involved in.  I 
> have solder wick that has embedded flux, and I have a solder sucker 
> that seems huge compared to the size of the features I'm dealing with.
> The wick works ok at getting some of the solder out, but not all of 
> it.  And a little bit of residual solder is still a major physical 
> blocker to correcting a misplaced component or bad joint.
>
> I feel like I'm a pretty good solder-er, but I have not had good luck 
> with unsoldering.  Is it just me or does everyone have this problem?
>
> Thanks.
> Mark
> AE6RT
>


--
R. Kevin Stover
AC0H
ARRL
FISTS #11993
SKCC #215
NAQCC #3441


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