[Elecraft] Bending component leads

[Don Wilhelm]

Ron and all,

I bend component leads just like Joe - hold my thumbnail where I want the
bend, grasping the component between the thumb and forefinger.

That method has not broken any so far.  I have only broken a part when I
approach them with something hard like pliers.  Each to his own!

Occasionally the 1N4148 diode holes in the K2 require one to bend the leads
quite close to the body of the diode, and I sometimes think the thickness of
my thumbnail is too great <G>.  When that happens, I usually just form the
leads a bit and settle for not getting the diode right down on th esurface
of the board - close but not flat on it.

73,
Don W3FPR

Life is what happens when you are making other plans

----- Original Message ----- 

The idea is to avoid any undue pressure on the attachment of the lead to the
part - especially with glass diodes.