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Re:PCB rework on Friday November 14, 2014 @11:07AM (#8607786)
I think I have found this guy. I went one step upper in the URL (https://home.comcast.net/~rburn/) and then walked down the links here: https://home.comcast.net/~rburn/metalsculpture/content/me.ht... The first Wayne Martin in Google search results for "Wayne Martin PCB rework" query is https://www.linkedin.com/pub/wayne-martin/49/4b2/506
Yes, I do. It's not hot enough. Heat guns are also cheap here in Ukraine, may be I'll buy on occasion.
Video in the article is pretty straightforward. I have tried it myself with 0.35 mm fishing line, but I haven't got a heat gun, and that was a huge problem. I've tried to heat the coil with lighter, but it's really difficult to control the temperature. If it's too low, coil does not contract, if too high - melts immediately. But one of about ten attempts was successful, so it definitely could be done at home.
Looks cool, but how does it differ from this - http://www.murata.com/products/micromechatronics/index.html ?