How to gain electronic parts using a soldering pot

In this video, we show you howt o gain electronic parts from old PCBs using a soldering pot. This method is faster, more power efficient and produces less smell than using a heat gun.

Our soldering pot is a 150W one, a typical heat gun usually requires 1000-2000W.

As usual, there's a risk that desoldered parts are broken due to the produced heat; however, we believe that it's better to have parts where some of them are broken as having no parts at all. Even cheap parts like capacitors and crystals are worth the effort, because you usually need them in large quantities.

Even if we show how to desolder SMD parts (even BGA works), we doubt that there's much use for parts like BGA and SMD ICs. However, SMD caps and crystals are useful as they could also be hand-soldered for later projects.

Music written+produced by Felicitus

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• electronic
• parts
• soldering
• pot

[desenxuxator]

toxic odors can injure your lungs or trigger an asthma atack...Hg Pb Br atoms too

[alek202]

@desenxuxator Pb boil temp 1749°C Hg 350°C Br 59°C. Ventilation should be done. But remember to wash your hands. Touching Pb is more dangerous than breathing it (as boil temp is so high, only particles can reach you).

[hardcoreforensics]

Yep ,

it is always better not to use Ventilation with a solder pot. That way you can enjoy all that molten metal goodness when you breathe.

[alek202]

@hardcoreforensics Ventilation is on place. Upper left corner.

[Psimonkey]

@alek202 That does not look at all suitable

[alek202]

@Psimonkey it is. maybe not perfect, but feel free to sponsor a professional ventilation for our hackerspace ;)

[haexn]

Very cool. I think you just sold me on a solder pot...

[alek202]

@bamamikestl I can't recall the model right now, but it's an ERSA soldering pot.

[VitalElectrocomp]

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[markuslebt]

i am just removing some electronic parts from an old radio/tuner station because i needed a 470 Ohm resistor in order to make a webcam into an astro-webcam... now i´m gonna harvest the rest of the components too, you never know if they be useful. i use a regular "lötkolben" a soldering iron....

[haveyouseenhim89]

28 pin ics can suck my dick now....although i can get them off with my shitty lil soldering iron

[yoramstein]

Funny! This man is so greedy to get his free parts he have forgotten to show the soldering pot and to mention where he ve bought it!

[yoramstein]

This guy lets 6 minuts see how he removes parts but would not tell what tool he 's using and where to buy it-very stupid and unhelpfull. Ignorent !

[axel1973w]

Das ist wirklich eine SEHR GUTE Idee! Allerdings dürfte dich das bei doppelseitig bestückten Platinen nicht sehr empfehlen. Auch solle man gerade beim Entlöten mit großer Hitze und viel flüssigem Metall SEHR VORSICHTIG SEIN und besser eine SCHUTZBRILLE Tragen! SMD ELKOS sind mir bereits ein paar mal vor den Augen "explodiert" beim Versuch diese mit Heissluft zu entlöten.

[Psimonkey]

Heh, I'm just saying my 2c. And melting own old stuff has far more lead too.. A good hood will stop you getting occupational asthma or worse, I'm sure there are hacks for them ;)