[sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY

[Paul Maddox]

Magnus,

> There will probably be a big price-dump as the target date closes in.

nope, prices will go up as demand increases.
Remember you CAN sell stuff with lead, as long as it was made BEFORE the 
date.

> You can gold-plate it. However, that's expensive and takes some attention.

which equals more cost, which equals more companies not being able to afford 
it, which equals less variety in the world, we become be-holden to the likes 
of intel and sony, as only the big companies can afford to develop new 
products.

> When you see that, you start to apprechiate why there are a few exceptions 
> to
> ROHS, until we get things sorted, right? ;O)

there *must* be a decent replacement for lead for preventing this and 
helping soldering..

> You do wash your hands afterwards, don't you? And yes, doing it 
> professionally
> you do take your Pb blood levels regularly? It is not a lauging matter I 
> might
> add.

I Always wash my hands afterwards, always have done, it just makes sense..
as for my blood Pb levels, never checked them, but I don't do this for a 
living, and its looking less like I'll be able to.

Paul