[sdiy] diode breakage

[Scott Gravenhorst]

harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>And don't bend real close to the body...

Kinda hard to bend the leads while 
holding the diode at arms length.  (c:

>H^) harry
>
>Paul Schreiber wrote:
>
>> Age thing. Also, use a lead-beding jig, from Mouser for about 
>$2.25 Helps GREATLY in bending. > Other tool recommendations at > 
>> www.synthtech.com, click on TUTORIAL > > ----- Original Message 
>----- > From: "alex dickey" <perpetual at uswest.net> > To: 
><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl> > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 
>3:28 PM > Subject: [sdiy] diode breakage > > > i bought this lot 
>of 200 1N60's off of ebay and first used them the > > other day. 
>i could barely get them in the holes in the perfboard > > without 
>them shattering in half. is this a frequent problem with > > 
>germanium diodes? the ones i bought new from mouser i could 
>manhandle > > quite a bit and none of them ever broke. is this an 
>age thing? > > > > alex > > -- > > 
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