After much poking and prodding, I got my Red diode decanned and out of the sled.
(Why oh WHY do they use so much glue!!??!!)
New problem: The pins are soldered to the old cable (the one i cut).
What's the best way of getting the solder and the cable remnants off?
(I have desoldering wick, not a solder sucker).
What temperature should I set the soldering iron to (what solder do they use, anyway - 60/40?)
I have this horrible thought that if I just put the soldering iron on the solder until it melts then pull the cable off:
a) diode overheats. no more laser.
b) cable remnants come off, solder goes all over diode.
Normally, I'd just put on desoldering wick over the solder, lay the iron on it, and get all of it that way - but the placement of the pins makes this difficult, and besides, I don't want to heat kill the thing.
Anyone who's taken apart these things has got to have run into this, but I don't see any ideas in the forums - what did you all do?
Thanks,
Zithras
(Why oh WHY do they use so much glue!!??!!)
New problem: The pins are soldered to the old cable (the one i cut).
What's the best way of getting the solder and the cable remnants off?
(I have desoldering wick, not a solder sucker).
What temperature should I set the soldering iron to (what solder do they use, anyway - 60/40?)
I have this horrible thought that if I just put the soldering iron on the solder until it melts then pull the cable off:
a) diode overheats. no more laser.
b) cable remnants come off, solder goes all over diode.
Normally, I'd just put on desoldering wick over the solder, lay the iron on it, and get all of it that way - but the placement of the pins makes this difficult, and besides, I don't want to heat kill the thing.
Anyone who's taken apart these things has got to have run into this, but I don't see any ideas in the forums - what did you all do?
Thanks,
Zithras