h3y,
you mean i may not have to worry about droppin' resistors on the
floor an' losin' 'em anymore? gets my vote...
peace,
doc
--- In motm@egroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> Resending this. I can't tell if it went or not! Maybe eGroups is
down.
>
> Paul S.
>
> > <<this is not about what you are thinking! >>
> >
> > It dawned on me today that my pcb assembler has an old part
sequencer. NOT
> a
> > music sequencer!
> > What this does is take resistors, caps, diodes that are on tape &
reel and
> > sequence them from the individual
> > parts reels to a "master" reel. The "master reel" is then placed
in the
> > auto-insertion machine where the parts
> > are stuffed on the pcbs before wave soldering.
> >
> > Duh!
> >
> > So, I am going to get them to quote me a "master reel" of the
resistors
> for
> > EACH KIT! That way, you would receive
> > a continuous tape with all of the resistors on it ∗in order∗ as
used in
> the
> > kit! Duh! I should have done this 2 YEARS
> > ago. What a veg!
> >
> > Hopefully, the cost won't be too high to be more than the labor I
pay now
> > (part-time tech school folks). I bet
> > for resistor-intensive kits (320, 300, 440) this will be a no-
brainer. The
> > charge about 15 years ago was a $75
> > setup fee (the machine uses punched paper tape! How quaint) and
1/2 cent
> per
> > part + cost of the part. So
> > if I run 100 LFO kit sets, that's only $1.50 in "labor" which is
what I
> pay
> > now, roughly.
> >
> > I'll keep you posted.
> >
> > Paul S.
> >
> >