[Elecraft] Cutting component leads in tight places.

[Scott McDowell]

Hi
Here is a tip that  some of you might want to try when building kits and
trying to cut off a component lead in close quarters.
Like when putting components on the bottom of the board and soldering on the
top.
I learned it as a farm boy  back in the 30's when we couldn't afford a pair
of pliers for cutting wire.
After you solder the component lead, take a pair of long nose pliers, catch
the end of the lead and bend it back and
forth five or six times and it will break off at the top of the solder
joint. Just be sure to keep tension  on the lead while
bending it.
I didn't learn it building radios, it was fences!
Am building my second K2 and just remembered breaking wire that way.
73
Scott
N5SM