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Wick is a PITA - Matt is using the "good" stuff as we used to call it - often came with a dusting of flux to conduct the solder away (it removes the oxide from the copper at a molecular level) so the molten alloy will flow up the wick.Now, you CAN get very good braid of the type that suits your purp...

@marcdraco thank you very much for your response it helped us a lot, we've also tried 2 types of desoldering wick and we can't open them up, do you have any recommendations?

Nice one.

Okay, I think I've fixed it. I reset the servo positions in code, then made sure the Arduino didn't send any signal to them until necessary, and they don't twitch anymore.

Okay, I'm about 2/3 of the way through Mark 2--the actual prototype, not the prototype of the prototype that I posted a few days ago. 4 days to go, and I'm definitely not panicking that I'm only halfway through the first iteration of the code. I forgot to take some video clips for the Mark 1 to post...