Homebrew PCBs

>
> As a technician, I can tell you that those rivets are indeed a
> terrible source of problems. They expand and contract and cause cracks
> in the solder, and when resoldering they must be completely sucked out
> and carefully resoldered so there are -no-bubbles. If even one bubble
> pops out, it makes a cold solder joint and must be redone.
>
> And it's almost impossible many times to find the cracks in the solder
> around them by visual inspection.
>
> Steve
>

That is good to know.
Obviously the ad doesn't say THAT.

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