Terry F. wrote in message
...
Instead of throwing away old circuit boards which are beyond repair, I
find myself removing the caps etc for possible future re-use (just
using a soldering iron, as wick is quite expensive). Is anyone else
here this sad? :-)


Productivity increases (and obsessiveness) if you use a hot air gun to
desolder things.
I salvage all HV, many very small or many squat format caps, any unusual
format pots, switches, knobs , but mainly ICs, sorted on leading 3 digits
once a year, if I get time, now how sad is that?

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