[sdiy] diode breakage

[harry]

And don't bend real close to the body...

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
> > --
> > http://www.geocities.com/aurelialuz

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