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I work from the right hand side, after the board is tipped tap the edge of the board onto the hard metal plate then use the edge of the board to scape the bits and pieces over to the left hand side.
Every so often pick out the long pieces of plastic that previous covered ram pins etc. Sometimes a cut on a row of pins will leave them inside the protective plastic if they;re gold plated on the tips I'll take the time to pull them out with a pair of side cutters. Side cutters will grip better than pliers after using them a few time you'll learn just how much pressure to apply.
Those pins I believe are made from Kovar as are the pins on the older cpu's, kovar is also used for the pins on vacuum tubes if anyone is interested in know the reason this alloy existes google it.
Here's Wiki link for Kovar, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovar
Hey thanks again for the advise! I built this temp jig to hold the boards and I am loving it. But I feel like I am breaking more boards now so I am thinking about putting a rubber edge on the 2x4's but it also could just be the current brown fiber boards I am depopulating have been sitting in the weather for probably a couple years.
I also dug this other chisel out of my tool box. With the curve in it I can reach over other components easier. The tip on putting an edge on it like a normal chisel and using it with the grind facing down is working great. I went from 20% of the IC's breaking in half to probably only 10%.
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