Homebrew PCBs

Another thing you can do, if space is not terribly critical is use 
"wire-wrap" sockets and a suitable (discardable) spacer to hold the socket-body maybe 
0.2" off the top of the board.  Solder diagonal corners, then check if "level", 
and then solder the alternate diagonal corners.  THEN solder all on the 
bottom, and then all on the top (at least those that DO connect on top).  Clip off 
the excess 0.025" pins on the bottom and admire your work!  BE SURE you get 
that socket's "pin 1"-end oriented properly!  I did a "repair" for a CNC shop, 
once, where I goofed, and soldered a socket in backwards.  But at least I caught 
this before I "powered up", and, as DIP's are symmetrical, I just put it in 
[deleted]-end-to, and all was fine, but the "notch" was on the wrong end.  Had 
to "hide" that best I could.  


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