Homebrew PCBs

On 08/19/2010 05:44 PM, James wrote:

> What I've been doing is drilling a hole exactly the right size for a
> piece of #22 wire. I poke that through, clip it off as close as I can
> to the board and then crimp it. The copper flattens right up to the
> PCB and it makes a very tidy via. I originally came up with the idea
> in order to use thermal pad SSOP IC's but I've been using it for
> other boards too.


Can you explain "crimp it"? With what tool? Do you have a picture?

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as