[sdiy] Synth in a Month

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 11 January 2006 11:42 am, megaohm wrote:
> This all may seem nit-picky but I have a good reason for it doing this way:
> It's easier to DESOLDER and remove components if the leads haven't been
> bent flat against the board. Once you have your full synth up and running,
> there will be some modules that could use a little tweaking (likely). Lets
> say you need to replace a couple resistors. You get rid of the solder with
> some wick/solder-sucker/whatever. But since the resistors have been bent to
> secure them before soldering, you will have to unbend them (usually with
> the soldering iron tip). It's not so great for the tip and having to use
> force can lead to peeled up traces, cracked thru hole, burning, etc.

I have more than one set of jeweler's screwdrivers on hand here,  and 
generally keep a couple of them out when I'm desolderin parts -- there's *no* 
reason to use the iron's tip for that purpose,  they don't last long enough 
to suit me anyhow...

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