Homebrew PCBs

David Griffith wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Alan King wrote:
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>I've never heard of round SMT resistors...
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  Rectangular is as good or better.  Right size with right size hole and 
it'll insert a bit easier than an equally tight round one, and still 
have good grip.  Square pegs are very difficult to remove from round 
holes if they're a good fit.


>Try this:
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>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.
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  That's not far off from general normal of what I do.  But with HQ 
dikes and assembly experience, it's easier and a bit faster for me to 
bend /cut each, then come back and touch all the silver spots with 
solder in a seperate pass.  Use silver plated wire wrap wire and they 
all stand out.

  As always, best and fastest method is just plain avoid the hell out of 
vias!  :)

Alan