# Chip puller Hint **URL:** \ **Category:** General Electronics\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300 "2013-07-15T04:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LarryD](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/larryd/32/215550_2.png) [@LarryD](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/LarryD)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/1 "2013-07-15T04:07:17Z")
You may find this a useful tool to remove chips from breadboards. Pry the chip partly up one side then other. Repeat. Warning, don't be too aggressive or you may bend pins. [http://www.staples.ca/en/Staples-Shoehorn-Style-Staple-Remover/product\_18696\_2-CA\_1\_20001](http://www.staples.ca/en/Staples-Shoehorn-Style-Staple-Remover/product_18696_2-CA_1_20001) EDIT: Screw drivers work but this has the benefit of being shaped like a wedge and can be slid under the chip to slowly lift the I.C. ![7-15-2013 9-40-49 AM.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/7/0/0/7004f488eb94c09f15b3304ea09ea1d32f7933c0.png) ---
**Author:** ![graynomad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/graynomad/32/213871_2.png) [@graynomad](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/graynomad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/2 "2013-07-15T07:28:43Z")
That link asks for my post code so I didn't see the product but I think I know the thing you mean, yes they would be good for that. There's another useful tool for removing chips from sockets/breadboards, it's called a "small flat-blade screw driver with the end bent". * * * Rob ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/3 "2013-07-15T10:52:35Z")
This worked for me today: ---
**Author:** ![graynomad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/graynomad/32/213871_2.png) [@graynomad](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/graynomad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/4 "2013-07-15T10:55:35Z")
I'll file that away for future reference. * * * Rob ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/5 "2013-07-15T11:00:37Z")
Very quick. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/6 "2013-07-15T11:06:34Z")
small flat headed screw driver, and just twist until it pops up, repeat at the other end.. then simply slide the screwdriver in flat until it starts to give a bit of resistance, repeat other end..... use fingers and pull it out. ---
**Author:** ![michael\_x](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/michael_x/32/628623_2.png) [@michael\_x](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/michael_x)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/7 "2013-07-15T15:23:22Z")
> That link asks for my post code No, it asks for a [Canadian post code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Canada) I did not test Santa Claus' post code, though ( H0H 0H0 ) And removing a staple is harder but a similar task, so the same tool should work. (I got a flat screw driver, but no dedicated Canadian staples remover shoehorn) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/chip-puller-hint/173300/8 "2021-05-06T01:23:07Z")
Closed on May 6, 2021, 1:23am UTC