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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Via hand soldering: Re: Eyelet press recommendation

2008-07-10 by David Griffith

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Lee Studley wrote:

> Tip: If you do this manual soldering of vias: I like to either use
> stripped wire-wrap wire or a strand( from a length of stranded wire )
> and weave it
> in and out of all the vias. This way it holds the wire steady and you
> can solder all of the vias per side in one shot, then snip them off.

I read that in Popular Electronics some time ago.

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