[sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY/breadboard

[tsheets at saturn5.com]

> >    Wow, there's so much negativity it's like there's this HUGE sucking 
> > sound emanating from the DIY list...
> 
> That sucking sound is probably emanating from the SMT components
> because they, well, they just suck... for many applications.  Yes, SMT

I think PCBs suck.  All electronics should be manufactured on perf-board
using wire-wrapped technology.  The only reason there are etched PCBs
is so those damn electronic companies can keep you from modifying their
designs!  those bastards...

> >    I've been working with SMT since 98, both as a small business and as a 
> > hobbyist.  For me, SMT has been nothing but a god-send on both fronts.
> 
> Please try considering those of us who are getting older, whose eyes
> aren't what they were and those of us whose hands aren't as
> still/precise as those of surgeons.

Thats why I use a stereoscope to do SMT rework.
 
-troy

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