Ed Eastman wrote:
Polymorph wrote:BTW, I do own a solder sucker, but I find it hard to use effectively.Me too, but the desolding iron works really slick, you don't have to move the iron to suck the solder out!I tend to find that there is always some residual solder left that won't budge
Here's a site with some photos of good desoldering technique. http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/desolderpix.htm -michael New, faster SUDOKU v2.0 solver for Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."