Flatpack IC memory chips per pound price - Page 2

It would be worth remoing if you could have lot of it(maybe more than 200 pound)

I use flush cutters and cut one side only

How do they last?

So i spent a little bit of time ripping IC's off lowgrade today. Could only spend about an hour doing it, dizzyness kicked my a$$.

Anyway. I found it pretty difficult removing them, and i have a couple questions.

First: I used the 1 inch chizzle that mechanic recommended. It did the job, BUT. The IC chip still had the strip of lowgrade attached to it by the soldered pins on the back. Will that reduce value? Obviously this is a question for my buyer. But i figured since their are enough buyers here, i should get a decent answer.

Second: I used a box knife to cut the pins. It was a PITA and didnt work too well.

Third: I used a flat head screw driver to do the same thing as the chisel, still a PITA.

Fourth: Once i got one side free, id grab it with my needle nose and try to 'wiggle' it off, or pull it off. Most of the time it ended up chunking up the IC chip.

Which leads too my last question: If the IC chips are broken in any way, are they still purchasable?

Sorry for the list of questions, but i figured they'd be asked eventually by someone haha.

OH. I also tried to use my side cutters to cut the pins, just get on the end of it and cut. But see, on 99.9999999999999% of lowgrade, their just aint enough danged room to do that. So i'm wondering, dude who said he uses those fancy side cutters, how do ya do it?

Thanks yall. Appreciate the help and the knowledge yall have.

I cut all of the legs off as I will process them myself.
I run a boxcutter knife down one side, not hard enough to cut thru the legs.
Then I cut thru the legs on the other side & wedge the chip up a bit so I can get to it, then I pull the chip up & off & wiggle it so the other sides legs stay soldered onto the board & the chips are removed from the legs.



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Fair enough, thanks guys. Would still like some info from a buyer about them being broken, or having that strip of LG on the back.

I use a cutoff wheel on a dremel tool to cut the legs off. Fastest way I know - but wear gloves, the funky smelling dust gets everywhere and doesn't wash off real easy.

Originally Posted by waredu

I use a cutoff wheel on a dremel tool to cut the legs off. Fastest way I know - but wear gloves, the funky smelling dust gets everywhere and doesn't wash off real easy.

On this forum, in numerous posts, there is disagreement about the safety of the "funky smelling dust" (which is led dust, yes?). Does anyone know for certain whether or not this dust is hazardous? My suspicion is yes.

Excluding flatpacks and eproms from this question, are IC chips worth the same amount from low grade and medium? Or should i be keeping them separate? I do already separate flatpacks from my ICs.. Thanks!