[Elecraft] Conception of a K2

[Tom Hammond]

At 08:28 08/14/2007, Don Wilhelm wrote:

>As another personal taste note, I find that digging into a cup-like 
>or box-like container to extract parts is a pain - I line up leaded 
>parts by value and stick their leads into the edge of corrugated 
>cardboard.  A USPS Priority Mail box cut in half makes 2 good trays 
>for holding the hardware parts and lots of cut corrugated edges to 
>stick the parts into.  Old time Heathkit builders will recognize this method.

For an illustration of what Don's referring to, I direct your attention to:

    http://www.n0ss.net/index_general.html

... about 2/3 of the way down the page, just below the photo of the 
Hakko 936 Soldering Station.

A setup like this makes it very easy to arrange leaded components for 
easy sorting and selection.

73,

Tom   N0SS