Anything to add supplemental heat to the other side helps a lot. I have just found the SMD tweezers work great.

The resistance tweezers are handy. Great when removing and installing parts from terminal tie strips and tube sockets. The small tips are great for getting in tight spots. Pace should rename the Resistweeze handpiece the little hummer because they definitely hum when your using them.

Yeah! gets hot FAST! I believe that might just be the best name for them I have ever heard. From now on... Little Hummer it is! Be Well!

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davecc0000 You can increase the tip temperature of the desoldering iron to compensate for the increased thermal drain. You can also just bend the capacitor over and pull the leads out of it. If it's being replaced it doesn't matter if it gets damaged.

pharohbender Pace. (The current model is the SX-100.)

LOL, I know what you mean. I hear people from other countries pronouncing words and find myself thinking, what did he say??? Doesn't bother me though. Was stationed in other countries and deployed in many more while I was in the Army and I learned that as long as I could understand the point they were trying to make we were good.

I just had to check Cambridge University website to see exactly what they had to say about the pronunciation of the word solder. Guess what, there are two ways, British English and American English. dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/solder

ThinkLearnSolve You haven't tried their newer systems then. Their newest systems are definitely at the top of the pile. What I'm using here has got to be 15 to 20 years old. I have one unit that is over 30 years old and is still running strong. There are three things I love about Pace. Made in the USA, durability/dependability and support decades after a product goes out of production. I can still get parts for units made in the 1970's. Try that with Metcal or JBC.

no, I haven't, I just don't think anyone can do better than JBC or Metcal, if anything they might be just as good, but I don't particularly find the current Pace station lineup impressive

ThinkLearnSolve Let's see if they are still working in 40 years and still have full parts support. Pace does. Shoot I have a 1970's unit at one bench and it's still running strong and can still get consumables for it. I would kill for one of their most recent automated BGA stations.

Yeah I agree ThinkLearnSolve..........I recently upgraded my whole lab and mobile service vehicle to JBC, and although the price was eye watering the process of complex soldering has been made absolutely easy as now..........Its amazing how different it makes my day now......Having said that, the Pace stuff I replaced did serve us well for many years, but the JBC stuff is so up with technology I am glad I made the move.

Actually, that's how it is pronounced. From the dictionary the pronunciation is " sädər " , note the L is silent.