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Subject: Re: [motm] Attention MOTM Kit Builders!!

From: "James Holloway" <jimh54@...>
Date: 2001-03-13

No, Thanks. I'll stuff my own.

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James Holloway
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---- "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
> If you are a MOTM kit builder, I need your opinion.
>
> Some of the upcoming (and older) kits have over 90 axial parts
> (resistors/diodes/caps). I
> have received quotes on providing these components sequenced on tape.
>
> The thought occured to me today as I was doing taxes (gack!): I could
> have
> these parts
> ∗inserted but not soldered∗ in the pcb. The auto-inserting machine
> crimps
> and shears off
> the leads, so the parts are in no danger of falling out.
>
> So, the question I have: is having pre-inserted axial parts worth $10
> - $12
> more per kit?
>
> On a religious level: does this "demean" the kit-building process?
> Or, are
> we all sick of those
> resistors??!?
>
> Paul S.
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