[Hallicrafters] How To Unsolder Can Capacitors (or anythingelse?)

[Jim Liles]

Hi Dave:
Buy a sheet of Teflon.  You can get it in any thickness you like.  I always 
slide a small sheet into a congested area as a shield when soldering or 
de-soldering --- saves all the ugly melted wiring and don't have to move 
everything away.

To remove the chassis soldered cans, as David states, the old 200 watt 3 
pound iron does it in an instant without heating the whole chassis.

BTW, I agree with the evaluation of the Hakko 808 de-soldering gun.  After 
using it can't live without it.

Kindest regards Jim K9AXN

-----Original Message----- 
From: David C. Hallam
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:30 PM
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] How To Unsolder Can Capacitors (or 
anythingelse?)

I finally got the can loose. I unsoldered a whole bunch of wires to move
them out of the way and then used my 220W electric iron that uses a
great big chunk of copper for a tip. That melted the solder in a hurry.

I sure wish the EPA hadn't screwed things up by eliminating asbestos.
Some of that asbestos paper for a heat shield would have made things easier.

David
KW4DH