Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ukma!xanth!ginosko!uunet!crdgw1!sungod!davidsen From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Desoldering Chips Message-ID: <1652@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 14 Aug 89 15:33:51 GMT References: <1846@uceng.UC.EDU> <360@donk.UUCP> <[1427.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 11 In article <[1427.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall) writes: | A simpler solution is to destroy the board with a pair of dykes and clean | the legs off after the fact. The torch trick sounds a little radical for | heat sensitive devices (not to mention human breathing apparatus). We used to empty boards by heating with a torch and slapping the board down against the rim of a 55 gal drum. The results were usually 80% still good. As you say, ventilation is important when doing this. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me