Re: Pokey chip extraction

The nasty way is too heat up the board with a small propane torch, then
whack the board down to blow all the solder off. Believe it or not this
works very well, and with a little bit of practice you can get lots of
chips off a board with very little risk to the chips. It's all in how you
move the heat source around. NEVER leave on one spot! When the solder melts
(it looks a little different), then you quickly bang the board on the
bench. Others might talk about hot sand in a pot (works nicely I hear) but
this is what we use for terminal boards. Not in front of customers of course!

Otherwise, solder wick or a good solder sucker are highly recommended, and
practice on a few junk boards (like that old ROTJ that is gathering dust)
until you get the hang of it.

John :-#)#

At 03:54 PM 10/11/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I just received numerous Ballblazer carts in order to harvest the Pokey
>chips for
>my Tempest and Space Duel boardsets. As many of you have probably seen,
>they are
>soldered directly onto the Ballblazer board.
>
>What is the best way to remove the chips that is also the least damaging
>to the
>Pokey? Can't say I've done too many board repairs before so I thought I
>might as
>well do right the first time.
>
>
>Thanks,
>tom

  John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
  Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
  http://www.flippers.com
         "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
Received on Mon Oct 11 16:44:49 1999