Ha, ha!! A spring-loaded solder sucker works especially well that way too. I
do that whenever I can: heat the pad on the component side and put the
sucker on the pad on the opposite side.
One crafty fellow, perhaps it was Don, W3FPR, mentioned cutting a notch in
the tip of his spring-loaded sucker so he could put it OVER the iron and
make a decent seal to the pad working from the same side of the board. That
sounded like a FB idea too.
Ron AC7AC
-----Original Message-----
I have found that my awful old rubber bulb desoldering tool is in fact
somewhat useful.
The trick is to heat a pin on one side of the board and use the tool on the
other side. I realize it may not work very well on ICs, but I managed to
free a toroidal transformer by this method. I'm not saying that the rubber
bulb is the best thing since sliced bread, but it isn't useless, either.
--
David Dawson
The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who
believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the
people all of the time.
-- Franklin Adams
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