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Fixing your router with a soldering iron tip made in 565 AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I solved it by using cannulas. They are made from stainless steel, and solder won't touch it. They were thin enough to separate the pin from the through-hole. It still was nerve-wracking. That was my main machine I was working on, a nearly prototype Amiga 1000 that had cost me a fortune.