So you are all “Rocket Scientists” !!
That explains a lot….
Keep up the V interesting posts
73s
Tim
Du3/M0FGC
> On Mar 26, 2018, at 10:04 PM, Tom Doligalski <w...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.techbriefs.com <https://www.techbriefs.com/>
>
> 73, Tom W4KX
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:24 PM, n0...@juno.com <mailto:n0...@juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
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