Jake wrote in message
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Hey all, poor EE student here.

I recently bought a cheap hot air rework station, and have been
harvesting all the useable SMD IC's from old boards which I have been
hoarding since the mid-80's.

Anyway, I can pull a typical IC in about 3 seconds, I am using a small
round tip with medium air pressure, 350 degree C air temp.

TWO Questions:

1) I have tested quite a few of the logic IC's and they seem fine
after removal, what are the chances that I have done some heat-related
damage and they will fail while I am using them to build random non-
critical projects?

2) I have scoured the internet and can't find a source for SMD/DIP
storage tubes. I would like to put them in clear ESD-safe storage
tubes for easy index/location, but can't seem to find any!

Thanks in advance,

Jake


Once a year or so I sort my years collection of similarly salvaged ICs on
leading first 2 digits. I use standard clear celluloid tubes, for storage,
that I've added a stripe of that window foil gummmed Al tape along each tube
for ESD purposes.


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