a K2 thought?

[Lloyd Lachow]

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Message: 42
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:30:35 EST
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Is anyone else here a turtle today?

  You bet your sweet a** there is!

  I'm (actually, getting back to the thread) a
quasi-turtle. I'll stuff three or four components in a
group, then carefully eyeball and trim before stuffing
more. I check each component off as it's seated in the
board.

  Working on K2 #4442, control and front panel boards
all done as of last night. It's all gonna be over too
soon, I can tell.

   LL/K3ESE


72 es oo, Lloyd, K3ESE - Reisterstown, Maryland FM19pl
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[Francis Belliveau]

In the "Your  mileage may vary" category.

I have found 2 advantages, for me, with the group method:

1.  Working in groups I have found that the position I want to fill already occupied by another component of the same group.

2.  I can solder leads in a spaced pattern so that I do not heat the leads of a single component in sequence thereby spreading the heat out allowing some cooling between solder joints.

As far as the "Missed solder joint" category.

My method is to inspect each joint before clipping the lead.  I often find one that I am not happy with so I do not clip it until I rework it.

I had to mention these things because they are exactly he opposite of what some find works for them and for the same reasons.  This is proof that everybody must find their own methodology.

73 to all,
Fran
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