I do this too, and it works great! One caveat: if you can only only count to ten while soldering, don't install more than five resistors at a time. Let your ability to remain focussed on the count while focussing on soldering dictate how many you install at a time. I usually do six resistors, etc., which is a natural count for me, and is also the limit of the "lead forest" I care to negotiate. I also inspect and recount -before- any lead trimming.
hope this helps - jeff wk6i At 06:51 AM 7/15/2005, Craig Rairdin wrote: >One of the things I do to avoid this is count as I solder. I expect an 8-pin >IC to have 8 pins to solder so I count them off as I do them. If I stick 14 >resistors in, I expect 28 solder joints when I flip the board over. In the >case of 2-leaded parts I solder one side at a time to avoid heat build-up. >So I'd count off 14 on the first pass and another 14 on the second. -- Jeff Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twisted Oak Winery http://www.twistedoak.com/ Rocketry Org. of CA http://www.rocstock.org/ Amateur Radio WK6I ~ Calaveras County, CA ~ WI6NE 40th Annual California QSO Party! ~ Oct 1-2, 2005 ~ http://www.cqp.org/ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
