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Aussie Pinball Forums => Technical Matters => Handy hints and tips => Topic started by: pinball god on January 19, 2015, 10:12:28 PM
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I recall seeing a plastic tool to easily pop pcb's off stand offs. Can't find them now. Is there something I can manufacture a tool from or is there a method to pop these out? Using thin pliers can be difficult.
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You can buy them but its just a plastic or brass tube that you push over the standoff and lift the board at the same time.They were included in some older machines. A gutted pen ( just the hollow tube ) is just a little to big but it does work.
They are a few dollars to buy but just as easy to find a tube with the correct diameter that fits over the end.
http://www.pbresource.com/tools.html
7 or so pics down labled as circuit board remover tool
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I made this for pin removal BUT the same thing applies - get a piece of suitable sized brass tubing from a hobby shop and stick it in a handle:
(http://www.homepin.com/pics/pinremover.jpg)
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I made this for pin removal BUT the same thing applies - get a piece of suitable sized brass tubing from a hobby shop and stick it in a handle:
(http://www.homepin.com/pics/pinremover.jpg)
simple, yet effective.
Rob - on your next visit - remind me to give you one of mine - I have plenty.
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Thanks Nino, will do.