Exactly the procedure I use with resistors. I place them all, crimping
the leads by bending them toward each other using my fingers. I always
cut the leads before soldering, so that the solder flow is not disturbed
by cutting the lead.
-Richard Brewster
Jeff Laity wrote:
>I have a little tip for first time kit builders. Instead of soldering
>resistors one at a time, place them all first. I would go to a step,
>find the resistor value, measure each one to make sure I had the
>correct value, then put them in the board. Once all of the resistors
>were placed, I would solder them all. This way, if I happened to put a
>part in the wrong hole, I wouldn't have to de-solder it to change it
>out. I would get the the next step, say "oh, there's already a part in
>R17," and then put them in their proper places. (I think this might
>have happened one time.) I did this for the capacitors and other
>related parts as well when possible.
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