PC Board Depopulating Using A Toaster Oven

[@Hill-13]

Nice job Mike

[@bass_and_bass3323]

Great idea gives me the idea to use a old electric smoker I have laying around and a smaller toaster oven I have for smaller boards

[@Alex-kp3hr]

nice.

[@richardhulbert9480]

I keep all the tiny solder BBS from my cooker. Makes a quick easy stannous solution. I can only do small boards for now. And to think I scrapped a working toaster oven not long ago

[@TechTrashCash]

Tin price is currently about $24.00 a pound and yet we scrape it off copper to make bare bright when we should be saving all the tin over the copper.

[@empirefinds]

£36 a kilo I have been saving it all for a tin recovery episode. Mike have you got a database on recovery totals on all 16 components. Because you could give us a look on Q&A day. Please

[@Belgarion1971]

I remember a really long time ago when Moose was still doing these types of videos. He put a big pan of play sand on his barbecue grill. He would set the boards in the pan until they got good and hot and then scrape them clean with a putty knife.

[@johnross8939]

@Belgarion1971 I tried that as well using a skillet. Sand absorbs relative humidity. Even when the moisture is driven off, have you actually separated the sand from the chips, resistors, and MLCCs? Because of the solder, those grains of sand clump and stick to your components. It was worse than mechanically removing components from the circuit boards.

[@Belgarion1971]

@@johnross8939 Good to know. I haven't actually tried it yet.

[@robertsletten7466]

I have just modified a toaster oven... It has 4 heating elements. 2 on top 2 on the bottom .. I moved the bottom 2 up, now I have 4 heating elements on top... I also moved the sensor down... I'm waiting for ceramic fiber to protect the electrical stuff before I do a test run....

[@jamesweist8599]

hi from Saskatchewan Canada bro

[@keithrodman9318]

Nice. Any worries about getting solder on the gold fingers? Or plan on removing those first and then use the toaster oven? Looking forward to seeing the next video!

[@colonialcharlie8702]

I suggest removing the fingers first, since it's easy enough. But using tin solution later on the small components and solder will release any gold from the fingers or plating that gets pulled into the solder. So really, it doesn't matter. Just don't forget the fingers in the depopulation pile 😂

[@TechTrashCash]

Can only imagine the micro mlccs everywhere. Great idea. Imho

[@rockman531]

Hi chef Mike, Always cooking something up! Some salt & pepper on those warm boards might help??? Great idea Mike! I have a Good Will store only a 1/2 mile away. I see a short road trip in my future. Thumbs up! Jim

[@xenaguy01]

10:48 _"Acorns on roof ..."_ *DON'T SHOOT!*

[@TaurnocerosTradeGuides1]

God bless you. I would have done that, but in the city. I am sorry to say that I would be prohibited cause of the fumes i would inhale and the surroundings. Even with a mask I have realized that it still gets in. I would like to try to work with a fume hood eventually.

[@abeleski]

Those tranceiver housings are press fitted in so it is not just solder holding them in. Will need brute force to get them off

[@Hill-13]

Bullring nose pliers makes it easy for things like that

[@steveperez660]

You should crush up the boards and see what other precious metals are in there

[@watarom]

How much power does that thing use? Electricity isn't usually cheap :)

[@johnross8939]

I tried this process without good success. My toaster oven was smaller and lower quality than yours. I couldn't prevent the dang thing from scorching the circuit boards. Not good. May have revisit this technique.

[@TechTrashCash]

You could try wrapping the heating elements in foil so they don't take direct heat.

[@bocamint4937]

Hey Wasssuuupp!