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Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: SirClickAlot on Mon, 01 November 2010, 08:26:37

For those interested :

Me de-soldering cherry switches :

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: Brian8bit on Mon, 01 November 2010, 08:34:59

The English name for it is the sucker-upper-device.

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: SirClickAlot on Mon, 01 November 2010, 09:19:34

Quote from: brian8bit;241068

The English name for it is the sucker-upper-device.

Whahahahahahahahaa.....

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: Parak on Mon, 01 November 2010, 13:10:59

I wonder if it's possible to heat up all 4 solder points of the switch and then pull it out - like with a heat gun or similar..

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: Zen on Mon, 01 November 2010, 14:31:01

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Practical_Electronics/Desoldering#Hot_Plate

Works fine with regular electronic components but I haven't tried with Cherry-switches,
maybe the plastic doesn't like the heat ?

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: Zen on Mon, 01 November 2010, 14:42:45

(http://i.imgur.com/2kSdh.jpg)
Arduino, teensy etc used to control temperature
http://www.instructables.com/id/Closing-the-Loop-on-Surface-Mount-Soldering/

Title: Desoldering cherry switches video
Post by: Parak on Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:15:11

On the other hand, it might melt the stabilizing pins first, especially on the rohs boards. Anyone want to try this first? :D