Homebrew PCBs

Hello,

I used to buy sockets on a roll(or in strips) which were attached 
at .100 to the strip of metal they were formed from (at the top). 
After soldering, the strip is bent back and forth and it comes off. 
leaving the pins with exact spacing...

Been awhile, but they're prob'ly still available...

Ballendo

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...> 
wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, John Johnson <johnatl@m...> 
> wrote:
> > If you use a socket with machined pins, it will stand up enough
> > that you can solder on the top and bottom.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    JJ
> 
> 
> Do you just heat the bottom and touch the top with some solder ?  
> will that solder to the pad on the top ?
> 
> I have found that you can easily seperate the pins from the plastic 
> in the DIP package and then you can solder them as sperate pieces.
> 
> In this case however, I am making a board for a friend and he has 
not 
> tried to solder a socket on the top.  I am not sure that I would 
want 
> a newbie to attempt lining up the pins of a DIP for soldering....
> 
> If I place and solder the pins for him, I'll take some pictures and 
> post them to the group.
> 
> But, if anybody knows of a link that would show this, please let me 
> know.
> 
> Dave