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Oldcodger · 28th Nov 2017, 10:30 pm

Places such as HobbyCraft sell plastic tweezers. (non-magnetic). I found a roll of old lead 0.7mm solder on a car boot/market site. As for solder wick. It was common practice at MSDS for the reworkers ( fancy title for the holders of soldering gear) to strip the outer from mini-coax and use this with flux to remove solder. I've just had a look at Maplin, who sell something similar at 99p/metre. I used to use this when I worked at MSDS ( for home jobs with success), but I've also tried normal coax with little/no success.

28th Nov 2017, 10:30 pm	#16
Oldcodger Nonode Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 2,181	Re: SMDs and stripboard Places such as HobbyCraft sell plastic tweezers. (non-magnetic). I found a roll of old lead 0.7mm solder on a car boot/market site. As for solder wick. It was common practice at MSDS for the reworkers ( fancy title for the holders of soldering gear) to strip the outer from mini-coax and use this with flux to remove solder. I've just had a look at Maplin, who sell something similar at 99p/metre. I used to use this when I worked at MSDS ( for home jobs with success), but I've also tried normal coax with little/no success.