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Something mentioned on one of the boards, maybe old hat but hadn't
seen it here in any of the thru hole discussions and it made a lot of
sense..

Use via pads and drill holes of just the right size, that will hold
your SMT resistor. Push it in and solder both sides, should be even a
bit easier than dealing with wires. SMT just a bit longer than the
board is thick should make for a great via, with no bending wire ends
etc, and held by the board so it's just push in and forget it till
soldering. Zero ohm resistors of the right length would make it a
breeze, push in on a rubber mat with a small cupped tool and you should
have just the right distance out each side of the board. Heck should
even work well for mounting a lot of non-zero SMT resistors too.

Alan