On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:25 -0400, "Jason White" wrote: >=20 > > What about some sort of temperature controlled hot plate you can set th= e > > board on? It gets heated from underneath to maybe 700F. >=20 > how could I get/make one of these temperature controlled hot plates ? Electric griddle/hot plate from the housewares department of a large store. I use a hot plate to do SMT soldering of small boards, you could just as easily use one to desolder. Cheers, Bob --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .