Sourcingmap Professional Tool PLCC IC Extractor (WTS-610) Chip Spring Assisted

Cheap cheerful and does exactly what it is supposed to do. No frills take micro processors from boards and sockets easily.

Good product and good price. Delivered on time & safe. Item was as described. Would use again.

This is a very simple tool for removing PLCC chips from their sockets. Easy to use: just put the little prongs into the corner slots, apply slight DOWNWARD pressure and squeeze the legs together. Even chips that have been in there for 20 years just pop out.It can also remove normal ICs with care, by hooking the ends of the prongs under the ends of the chip and pulling straight upwards. No scoring PCBs with a screwdriver or folding over the end pins.

The prongs on this are fairly chunky - quite wide, but in particular too long to get down and under PLCC64 parts. Just won't fit in to the socket.

Absolutely essential for safe IC pulling without damage to the pins or sockets

The main issue is that the 'legs' with the little hooks that are supposed to get under the IC so that it can be pulled out are at the wrong angle. The error is not large but it is very important. The problem is that as the tool is squeezed to grip the IC, the part of the metal legs that touch the IC at its corners are not parallel with the sides of the IC, so that as force is applied, the legs dig-in and damage the corners of the chip at the upper part. This is pespecially a problem if the IC is tight and needs a lot of force to remove it. To avoid damage, I have had to revert to using a small Alen Key as a lever. The puller also feels cheaply made and flimsy. I would not recommend.

Could not remove chip without it very good tool to have

Haven’t used the product yet as I fixed the device without chip pulling. However looks good and robust.

After reading the other reviews I was a tiny bit worried about this puller, but decided to go for it. This PLCC puller works perfectly. Despite with others say, this is absolutely spring assisted as the description states. Based on the number of reviews saying its not, I can only assume that those users do not know how to use a spring assisted PLCC puller. Non-spring assisted ones look nothing like this one. The outside black handle is the spring assist mechanism.Usage is simple. You place the tool over the chip. Hook the steel hooks under the chip, rest the tool on top the chip/socket. You'll notice the black outer handle has flat sections that rest on the PLCC socket. At this point you just squeeze. You do not need to pull up at all! This is the spring assist mechanism. When you squeeze it pushes the black part down which lifts the steel hooks up and the chip pops right out.My guess is the reviewers saying their is no spring assist is because they don't understand the tool operation. There are other PLCC tools that use spring mechanisms and operate different, but they also look nothing like this one. Have confidence that this tool will work provided the size is correct for your chip.

Leider völlig ungeeignet, man ruiniert sich damit noch den letzten Chip. Hält einfach nicht und rutscht immer raus und zerkratzt und beschädigt die Ecken. Lieber 50 € investieren in eine anständige Zange.

Very Happy!

安かろう悪かろうを素でいってる感じです。ピン先が遠目にもわかるほどに左右にずれています。ピンセットなどと違いピッタリ合う必要もないのかもしれませんが3～4mm程もずれているのは工具としていかがなものかと。100円均一の工具の方がまだしも精密にできているのではないでしょうか。

This item is all that it promises to be - spring assisted, and great for removing DIP ships from the pesky machined round-hole sockets. I needed to swap out 11 chips that felt welded, and wouldn't have been able to do so without bending pins. My only notes are that the plastic is a bit rough hewn and if I squeeze too hard the chip flips around when removed. I don't really understand the thought process behind the plastic other than acting as a spring. If you have a lot going on around your chip they tend to get in the way - thus deducting the one star here. I recommend these though in terms of grip. Those chips were in quite firmly, and with this tool I was able to rock them out nicely.