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SiriusHardware · 3rd Oct 2022, 7:52 pm

Some soldering iron families offer(ed?) a range of tips which included shaped 'block' tips designed to exactly match up with all of the pins of a DIP IC at once, precisely for the purpose of desoldering DIP ICs. I've always felt they are more about removing the ICs intact than they are about preserving the board, as it would be very easy to burn the board by applying so much heat to so much of the PCB at once. They are probably best used for salvaging ICs from PCBs considered to be scrap IMO.

3rd Oct 2022, 7:52 pm	#161
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,586	Re: 1978 Commodore PET project Some soldering iron families offer(ed?) a range of tips which included shaped 'block' tips designed to exactly match up with all of the pins of a DIP IC at once, precisely for the purpose of desoldering DIP ICs. I've always felt they are more about removing the ICs intact than they are about preserving the board, as it would be very easy to burn the board by applying so much heat to so much of the PCB at once. They are probably best used for salvaging ICs from PCBs considered to be scrap IMO.