Good thing you were'nt in Oz... "8) ...
On 6/17/18, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > Everybody still alive? Awfully quiet... > > Did you get the envelope, Greg? If I'd known that it was going to cost $8.00 > to send a $0.60 part I might have had second thoughts... ;-) > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Stein" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: [M100] Leads/Legs for Mike Stein System ROM PCB > > > I have jars full of bits of different diameter wire trimmed from leads of > components used in volume manufacturing and I also thought of using them, > but it just didn't work out; anything strong enough was usually too thick, > especially when inserting into machined pin sockets. > > Send me your address off-list and I'll mail you one to try out. > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Swallow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: [M100] Leads/Legs for Mike Stein System ROM PCB > > >>I didn't think about what it would do to the socket. I guess I got too >> worried about what the socket would do to the pins. Hmm, maybe I'll have >> to use the bare copper and flatten it a bit. Else the items you you noted >> on eBay do look like a darn good answer. Order the later for the pins. >> O'll try what I can with wire while waiting for delivery from China. >> >> Thanks, >> >> GregS <>< >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Stein" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 10:54:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [M100] Leads/Legs for Mike Stein System ROM PCB >> >> Hi, >> >> Nice to see someone using those adapters; thanks! >> >> Of course once you've installed one you'll never want to remove it again >> ;-), but I'm always reluctant to plug anything into an IC socket that >> might deform the socket (just in case). >> >> DIP IC pins are .010" thick whereas 20 AWG wire is around .030"; not only >> is that snug in the PCB holes but also a little thick for the socket. >> >> I prefer to use something with .010" pins, intended for plugging into an >> IC socket like this: >> >> eBay# 172138163630 >> >> Or an even better deal (more pins for the money): >> >> eBay# 171151222236 >> >> It takes a few minutes during a lull watching baseball to pull the pins >> and adds about $0.50 to the cost, but they are plated and well worth it >> IMO.. >> >> Insert the pins from the top (with one of those solderless breadboards >> underneath to hold and align them), solder, and trim off the top part. >
