MOTM

Thanks for the suggestions guys.  I will get my hands on the AS196, 
and in the meantime, try Adam's "snip the legs" technique.  Since I 
have a fair amount of 1013's and OP275's in my parts box, I feel a 
little more comfortable about snipping them off.  Since I only have 
a few CA3080's and LM319's, I'll use the vacumn method for them.  
That way, if those parts check out on the breadboard, I can 
potentially re-use them.

Thanks!

Phil

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Schabtach" <adam@s...> wrote:
>
> Besides buying a desoldering pump like John suggested (I have one 
of the
> smaller ones with an aluminum body--cost about $15 I think), 
another thing
> I've found helpful is to use a pair of small wire cutters to cut 
all of the
> legs of the IC near the IC itself. If you think the IC is dead 
there's no
> need to salvage it, and after you cut the legs you can unsolder 
and remove
> them one at a time rather than having to get all 14 or 16 free at 
once. My
> method of attach is to first cut all of the legs, then remove them 
one at a
> time by grabbing them from the top side with a pair of needle-
nosed pliers
> while melting the solder on the bottom side (obviously you need to 
hold the
> PCB vertically in a clamp while doing this), then go back with a 
solder
> sucker to remove any remaining solder. 
> 
> The good news is that MOTM PCBs are very high quality so you're 
unlikely to
> damage them while doing this, if you're reasonably careful with 
the whole
> operation.
> 
> --Adam
>