Would a hot-air station work to soften the plastic first?
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 6:18 AM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > great. wish there was a better solution for the pins. maybe those edge > pins that clip on. I've never been able to pull the pins out of the > plastic. I use a pair of clippers to cut across the plastic and weaken it, > and eventually get it off. Real pain. > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 2:05 AM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just built one of your model 200 ram boards Steven, and it worked. >> >> As we already talked about, >> the pins were tedious to do but at least I found a reasonably >> reproduceable procedure without any special jig. I had some generic cheap >> round pins from ebay, and when you pull them out of the insulator, the >> exposed soulder fits in the holes perfect. Good enough that they all line >> up. It's just tedious to pull each pin individually out of the insulator >> without breaking them, and it leaves a fairly large chunk of metal to nip >> off after soldering, but it works. >> >> Aside from that it was a breeze. Popped right in and all 3 banks show up. >> >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/g1G4bo6FbjJSgcqU2 >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> -- >> bkw >> >
