My belief is that bending component leads to 45 or 90 degrees before soldering is called "cinching" (to fasten tightly) and not "crimping". On 1-Mar-09, at 3:32 PM, Richard Brewster wrote: > I've heard the term 'crimping' used to describe what I do, but I > understand your meaning. I do fold the leads 90 degrees to lie flat > on > the board and then cut them before soldering.
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Re: [motm] Can static electricity damage components?
2009-03-02 by Scott Juskiw