Don't know how the Chinese do it; 10 of them cost $6.00 ppd. m
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gardner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Leads/Legs for Mike Stein System ROM PCB > 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. >>
