400C is nuts. Ordered the 1mm tip.
Fold old boards I have been using an old Radio Shack desoldering iron with the manual bulb at the end with great results (lead solder). The hole is bigger then 1mm for sure but the suction and easy melting old solder works out well. I removed a Nubus connector from an old Micronet SCSI card and put on a new one using it and didn't go crazy. On the PC side of things the silver solder (especially oxidized) on newer boards is almost impossible to remove without using some extra solder to heat up the joints so that's why I am getting this. There are so many motherboards with bad capacitors out there that are an easy fix.
I don't do reworking for a living, just to fix my vast collections of boards and stuff.
Fold old boards I have been using an old Radio Shack desoldering iron with the manual bulb at the end with great results (lead solder). The hole is bigger then 1mm for sure but the suction and easy melting old solder works out well. I removed a Nubus connector from an old Micronet SCSI card and put on a new one using it and didn't go crazy. On the PC side of things the silver solder (especially oxidized) on newer boards is almost impossible to remove without using some extra solder to heat up the joints so that's why I am getting this. There are so many motherboards with bad capacitors out there that are an easy fix.
I don't do reworking for a living, just to fix my vast collections of boards and stuff.