My NASA soldering school in the early 60's had us solder the lead first, then trim near flush, unless it was an earth bound application, and you would leave a bit to clip on a test lead for testing. Usually, you would just clip flush to the top of the fillet, and use test points for testing.
The big thing with my instructor was to have a proper fillet curve, indicating that the joint was fully wetted and heated. Those were shiny joints even without having high tin solder in those days. Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ 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
