[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[Ray Wilson]

Don't despair about having to use SMT parts...

Soldering SMT parts isn't that bad you just need the right toaster oven :-)
You WILL NOT BELIEVE this article.

http://www.nutsvolts.com/PDF_Files/SMT.pdf


I am of course only kidding. It would only take doing this once to leave me
with a killer headache and temporary blindness (at least I hope it would be
temporary).

Ray



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Hughes" <hughes_david_j at btopenworld.com>
To: "Colin f" <colin at colinfraser.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....


> Colin,
>
> on 5/7/04 9:35 AM, Colin f at colin at colinfraser.com wrote:
>
> > Question is, are Farnell and RS going to drop them soon too...
>
> I asked last time I ordered a bunch of stuff and there was no commitment
> from either company. The standard reply was something like "I couldn't
say.
> That's up to the buyers" - which is somewhat worrying.
>
> > Maybe I need to start placing some 'lifetime' orders :-(
> > As a pre-cautionary measure, I'll probably need to redesign PCBs for
SMT.
>
> We did this although you need an army of myopic dwarves to make anything
in
> quantity. SMDs are very stressfull on the eyes.
>
> D.
>
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