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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.