dr peppers
New Member
I have loads of scrap boards, and recently I tried an idea for salvaging components after seeing a hot air smd rework station in operation.
I got my cheapo diy hot air paint stripper and wafted it around the back of a scrap tv board while it was in the vice, and tugged at some of the comps round the front with long nose pliers expecting not a lot to happen.
It did, the whole board with the exception of resistors was stripped and in the parts tray in about 10 mins.
I'm sure this method will have been practiced by loads of folks, but its certainly worth a go if you have not allready, most of my little chokes and switch mode ferrites come from salvage stock and it save a lot of time and fiddling.
I got my cheapo diy hot air paint stripper and wafted it around the back of a scrap tv board while it was in the vice, and tugged at some of the comps round the front with long nose pliers expecting not a lot to happen.
It did, the whole board with the exception of resistors was stripped and in the parts tray in about 10 mins.
I'm sure this method will have been practiced by loads of folks, but its certainly worth a go if you have not allready, most of my little chokes and switch mode ferrites come from salvage stock and it save a lot of time and fiddling.