Removing the diode from the module the HARD WAY :)

[Blord]

I got myself in big trouble after pressing a new M140 diode in the copper module. The lensbarrel couldn't fit the module. Not any barrel. The hole was just too small.
It looks like the thread was made for the M8 instead of the usual M9.
So the diode need to be remove from the module. A problem arises, there was no room around the diode can for using a diode removing tool. :gun:

First I solder the two diode pin together to prevent damage from static electricity.
I took my Dremel and made two cuts on each side of the copper module. Then I widen the gap with a wig. The diode just pops out.
The diode is safe and the module went to oblivion.

 

[awillis2589]

this insn't one from the Moh GB is it? doesnt look like it.

 

[Blord]

I haven't received the Moh modules yet. This module came from the groupbuy from AnthoT.

 

[jimdt7]

Had the same problem with many modules of AnthoT's GB....

Jim

 

[sinner]

Nicely done, You have very steady hands and a lot of patience my friend!

 

[IsaacT]

Now melt the copper into a heat sink! Lol that might be difficult, idk

 

[Mohrenberg]

Scared me. Thought it was one of my modules lol

 

[Flaminpyro]

A wig wouldn't be the same as a cold chisel would it as that is what it looks like happened to that poor module :crackup:

I would rep you for getting it out like that but it says I must spread it around first so till then :beer:

 

[Cube777]

I also used the same method once for removing a LPC-826 from a module with a steel saw! Amazingly it survived, until I killed it