Vasile

That is an excellent idea! On my soldering station the tips are held
in place with a set screw so I just need to find some copper rod
and I can make several tip sizes and be able to change them. It would
minimize the amount of heat by quite a bit. 

Now to find some copper rod. ;-]

Cheers

Dave

> My english is not too good so maybe no one understand my last email on
> this topic.
> Imagine that you split in two the tip of the soldering iron. You need
> an ordinary one euro chinese soldering iron and a piece of copper for
> the tip. "Tip"  means for me the copper part of the iron. Using a
> hammer, make the copper cilinder flat at the top. Using a cutting
> device make two separate flat parts. Using a file adjust those parts
> to be sharpen and position those like a real desoldering tweezer.
> Adjust distances between those for 1206, 805, 603 or 402 (even 201
> works).
> One heating, two points desoldering.
> 
> >
> > The multi leg SMT parts are trickier.  A hot air rework station with
> > the appropiate nozzle works very well.
> 
> Yes, the air flow control is the most important.
> 
> greetings,
> Vasile
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