In a message dated 16/04/05 11:11:43 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I use is a wooden cocktail stick ( bought in lots of 1000 for a quid from your local Pound Shop ) or a wooden toothpick that I have previously preformed by gently pushing it through an empty THP hole of the correct size. I then heat the hole to be cleared until the solder melts and then push the stick through the molten solder. Its easy, non destructive and very quick to do. I also use this wooden tool to prevent ingress of solder to ajacent holes when soldering a component located close to other THP holes. Reply-------------------------------------------- What a good idea Mike. I had the misfortune to solder joints that should have been done later particularly on the K2 RF board. This idea would have saved me the grief of removing the solder in a THP hole that was required later without affecting other joints in the area. The builder who ended up having to buy a new board about a year back after clearing the THP holes with a Dremmel tool is a good testimony for not using a drill bit to clear solder. Bob, G3VVT _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
