You should have soldered them in 'as is'. Brian Denley KB1VBF Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 22, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Thomas Skinner <tom.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As I prepare to build my second k2, my mind drifts back to the hours I spent > with the little ceramic caps. > > They all had the bonding material over flowing the lead shoulders. I spent > hours cleaning that hardened material off the leads before soldering them in > place. > > The QUESTION: > > Did I need to remove the extra material or should I just have dropped them in > and made sure they got soldered properly? > > Tia, > > Tom, ng3v > > Sent from my iPhone 6 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to b.den...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com