Back in the early 80's, a friend of mine had a job-related subscription to "NASA Tech Briefs" (or something like that title). I never read the article myself, but my friend was very good at relaying details.
One of the subjects covered was soldering and the "shock wave" problem. IIRC, the leads could be trimmed with a scissor-like tool. I would think the nippers that someone mentioned would be OK to use because of the way the cutting edge is designed. I tried to find the Tech Briefs on the web, but no luck. If anyone has access to those publications I would sure like to read the article. Again, that was back in the early 80's or maybe late 70's. 73, Charlie, N0TT >Sorry but cutting wires after soldering is "bad practice"; NASA wanted the soldered connection left undisturbed. >If I ever saw an assembler or tech doing that "bad practice", they'd get a verbal warning that first time and a written warning if >it ever happened again; but I had good, conscientious people and never had to do that. >So, tin the wires if needed; position the part and then trim wires before doing the final soldering. ______________________________________________________________ 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
