IRC log of #maemo for Saturday, 2018-04-21

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DocScrutinizer05Shapeshifter: sorry, I don't. I use separate 15bucks desolder pump06:14
DocScrutinizer05and wick06:15
DocScrutinizer05usually it simplifies stuff a great deal when you cut the component to remove into pieces, so you can pull one pin at a tme with a pair of tweezers or pliers while heating the solder of that one pin06:17
DocScrutinizer05another alternative is hot air and reflowing all pins concurrently, so you can pull the uncut component06:18
DocScrutinizer05unsoldering even a 3pin mouse button switch drives me mad without cutting the switch into pieces beforehand06:19
DocScrutinizer05alternatively when you want to salvage the component, you might want to cut the PCB into shards so you can remove one PCB shard at a time from one pin06:20
DocScrutinizer05for large heavy components you can trun the PCB component side down so components can fall out, the apply a torch to solder side of PCB to reflow large areas very quickly06:22
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ShapeshifterDocScrutinizer05: I managed to desolder all 64 switches using the solder sucker... What an ordeal. First I tried to remove the solder from all switches (which are also held in place by a base plate) to remove the base plate, including switches from the PCB but there was no chance in hell that would have worked, because the slightest drop of solder holding a pin in place was enough to make this fail. I17:33
Shapeshiftergot really mad and gave up, re-soldered all the switches and wanted to call it a day. I cleaned the PCB using KONTAKT and reassembled the keyboard but then discovered that since I had used so much solder trying to re-solder and re-suck the solder that some of the cleaning fluid, including sticky flux had gone into some of the switches, which were now sticking in the down position.... So I had dinner,17:33
Shapeshiftertook a hot bath, calmed down and went at it one more time, this time de-soldering one switch at a time, pulling it from the base plate - repeat. Took me close to 2 hours but I got the hang of it in the end. It's not that hard. It just takes a lot of concentration applying heat just long enough and really sticking that sucker down firmly on the pin... Still a huge pain. A de-soldering tool would be17:33
Shapeshiftersoooo much simpler. But those things are expensive!17:33
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ShapeshifterDocScrutinizer05: by the way, I once used a 5 buck solder pump and it was abysmal. Now this one I used cost more like 25 but it's /okay/. Engineer SS-0218:19
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