Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Alan King wrote:

>   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.

I've never heard of round SMT resistors...

Try this:

Obtain bare wire of the same size as the via holes and about half a foot
long.  Insert the end into a via hole.  Get a decent blob of solder on the
iron and still holding the wire, touch the pad/wire junction with the
blob.  Clip the wire and solder the backside.  There's no need to clip and
bend teeny-tiny pieces of wire.


-- 
David Griffith
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