[Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

[Sandy W5TVW]

None of this "SMT" nonsense for me!  My eyes have gotten old enough
to give me trouble just reading numbers on newer "mini parts"!  Also arthritis in
my thumbs has affected the dexterity of the hand I once had!  It's like
"working on wristwatches" as far as I'm concerned!  I played that game when I
was younger, but no more!
Have fun with the Surface mounted stuff guys>

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve, G4GXL" <g4gxl at btopenworld.com>
To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?


| > SMT work requires ... a few pieces of extra
| equipment if one is to be successful <
|
| One useful piece of 'extra equipment' is a vacuum
| cleaner with a piece of nylon stocking stretched over
| the nozzle.
|
| Then instead of spending 30 minutes on your hands and
| knees looking for the SMD component that you just
| dropped (and is almost certainly the only one for
| which you have no spare), a quick swipe with the
| Hoover should find it.
|
| 73
| Steve, G4GXL
|
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