I do have a confession of having more redneck hobbies in the Pew Pew realm. In the past I was heavily into casting my own projectiles and thus have significant quantities of pure-ish lead in storage. This is the setup I use to process scrap lead so it was just a matter of dropping in a few ingots and floating the pcb on the molten lead for about 30 seconds and picking off the desired components!
OEM Connector Salvaging: Lead Bath
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Re: OEM Connector Salvaging: Lead Bath
Very cool, now you can forego ordering the connectors. Why are they filled with toothpaste or something?
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Re: OEM Connector Salvaging: Lead Bath
So lead doesn't pour into them and freeze?
Blowtorch directly to the board is normally my approach. Skip the middleman.
Re: OEM Connector Salvaging: Lead Bath
Im more a cast iron skillet on the stovetop guy. Same method Im using for smt assembly
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Re: OEM Connector Salvaging: Lead Bath
Attempt number 2 started with connectors filled with an oil based clay which ended up melting a bit and being completely unnecessary!
Just make sure you aren't doing this inside, Lead oxide is hard to avoid when in a pan on the stove and once you start breathing it in blood toxicity isn't far behind. That being said, having a molten bath of lead surrounded by snow in a place that snows often isn't much less hazardous.
I only lost a few connectors on my first board with all of the 50 pin connectors coming out perfect!