Nice desoldering video for multi pin devices

[John Lyons]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vou2xlJkuoU

[r080]

Cool trick. I have been looking for a way to recover some DIP components from old boards I found.

I must say I have always hated desoldering braid, but the tip at the end to dip it in flux might be what I was missing.

[John Lyons]

Cool trick. I have been looking for a way to recover some DIP components from old boards I found.

I must say I have always hated desoldering braid, but the tip at the end to dip it in flux might be what I was missing.

Yes, the flux tip and allowing the braid to soak up solder from two sides are good tips.

[mark2]

Great tip. I've done a variation of this a few times but never stuck with it because I didn't take the time to tape down the bridge and found it too clumsy. I'll definitely give this a try next time I'm in one of those situations where I reach for a hot air gun but struggle because plastic or other heat sensitive stuff around the joints.

I must say I have always hated desoldering braid, but the tip at the end to dip it in flux might be what I was missing.

100% same experience here. I always thought it was useless except for removing a light bit of surface solder. I simply never had the good sense to use flux.

I'll still stick with a desoldering pump most of the time, but the flux unlocks another option.

[mark2]

This is also a reminder (for me anyway) to stop reinventing wheels and doing so poorly.

I'll spend 60 minutes naively hacking my way out of a problem rather than 1 minute researching to find a simpler, better solution.