Ah, the 'little-by-little' method. I had to resort to this only once to
handle multiple pins that wouldn't cooperate.
Thanks for all the help.
I combined several of your tips and saved everything!
I found that a combination of a 'good tip seal' to get the bulk of the
solder out, the 'wiggled sucker' to get trapped solder from hidden behind
the pin areas, plus the 're-solder-and-try-again' method to make it all
work. I even used wick successfully on a couple of the more difficult pins.
Having precise control of my tip temperature was key. It's interesting to
note that I was removing these chips from SCR Phase-Angle boards. I used one
of these boards and a thermocouple to set my tip temp precisely. Combining
this with all the coaching, I am sure is why all the pads are still attached
to the boards.

This experience has me thinking of designing my own tool from
scratch...Hmmm.....

Thanks again to all.
Chris

> Chris,
>
> If you do not need to save the pic then easiest way is to cut
> Pic's pins from top then remove them one by one. If you need
> To save the pic too you are going to need 2 soldering irons.
> DO this
>
> solder all pins together on both sides have some one
> ready to pull the pic from the other side.
> take both soldering irons and start heating both sides
> at the same time and move your irons back an forward let
> the person slowly pull it. I was able to remove 40 pins pics
> without any damage. You need to do this fast
>
>
> Andre Abelian
>
>

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