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- From: pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter Herweijer)
- Subject: Re: Heat gun pcb cannabalization
- Message-ID: <C1EuMK.49w@sci.kun.nl>
- Keywords: Heat gun, charring, lack_of_skill, try_again_maybe
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- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- References: <15JAN199321554385@utarlg.uta.edu> <1jebh6INNie7@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <651@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:56:44 GMT
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- In <651@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp> will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (William Reiken) writes:
-
- >In article <1jebh6INNie7@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cstadbg@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr M J Brown) writes:
- >>only if you heat ALL the legs. I have also managed to strip boards previously
- >>to getting the Black and Decker with a butane blowtorch. It is a) a question
- >>of practice, and b) remembering it is the PARTS you want to save and not the
- >>board they are on. This will be pretty much damaged by large scale desoldering
- >>
-
- > I was told that microchips will be damaged if you use this approach.
- >Does it really matter?
- >
- > Will...
-
- Using the very same method, I have successfully stripped a bunch of
- computer boards of their components, including Z80 CPU's and 8255 PIO's.
- Everything worked fine. I did it with a friend, he heated the PCB, I
- pulled out the components and immediately threw them in a bucket of
- water to cool them off, but I don't know if that's necessary. One tip
- though: do it outside. The fumes stink and are probably not healthy.
-
- Peter Herweijer
- pieterh@sci.kun.nl
-