Homebrew PCBs

In message <014201c56983$97bf3510$0300a8c0@p41900>
          Robert Hedan <robert.hedan@...> wrote:

> I remember another manual system of thru-hole pin insertion, but I can't
> find the link any more.  It looked like a mechanical pencil with breakaway
> inserts.  You click out one pin from the tool, insert in the via hole, and
> break it off by leaning the tool.  Does anyone remember seeing this?

Sounds like the Multicore Copperset system. You use a 0.9mm mechanical
pencil to insert the eyelet, then press it into place with a modified
automatic centre-punch and an anvil (any decent sized lump of metal should
work - an old heatsink maybe).

There's some info on using Copperset on <http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/>,
including how to use it without the expensive "starter kit". I also spotted
some info on the Harwin via pins - Harwin P/N T1559-01, Farnell P/N 143-738.
Most decent electronics component distributors stock them.

Later.
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