Desoldering tweezers and hot air rework stations look like great ways to remove surface mount components. If you enjoyed this, check out [Bil Herd’s] guide on component desoldering.

[Lee] has a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun and a Duratool knockoff. He freely admits that the Hakko is probably better, but he wonders if it’s good enough to justify being four times as expensiv… ...