Homebrew PCBs

On 14/06/2011 04:46, Jim Pruitt wrote:
> I built a mixed smt and through hole kit on a commercial pc board recently
> and installed a header on the wrong side of the board.  The board was thru
> hole plated.  When I tried to unsolder the header with a solder sucker and
> then several passes with solder wick I managed to pull the header out but 2
> of the vias came with it.  The header uses .025" square pins.  The old vias
> would not go back in the hole or back on the pins.
>
> Does anyone know where I can buy a few vias?  I have some larger ones but
> are huge compared to the ones I am looking for.
>
> Can anyone point me to a source for a few of the through hole vias?

I'd poke a thin piece of wire through the hole with the pin and make the 
missing connections with that.

Leon
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Leon Heller
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