[Elecraft] Unsoldering

[Fred Townsend]

One way of looking at desoldering it's god's way of punishing you for making
stupid mistakes. Seriously, desoldering is not easy and not easily learned
even if you have a good teacher. Two people trained alike will not do it
alike. It takes lots of patience in personal self-taught learning. Patience
is also the key word in the actual removal process. I think women are better
at it because they don't lose patience and resort to brute force. The best
paid person on the production line will be the rework specialist because
they earn every penny. 

You have already been given much good advice. The only thing I would add is
to buy some junk boards at surplus or flea market and practice before you
try the expensive boards.
73,
Fred, AE6QL 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Petrovic
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:12 AM
To: elecraft at qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Unsoldering

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

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Mark
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