[Elecraft] New K2 build.

[Don Wilhelm]

Tom,

Your first K2 must have been a very early one.

No need to remove material from the leads.  There is at least one 
capacitor supplied that has kinks in the leads, but those are easily 
straightened with a pinch of your pliers.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/22/2015 10:49 AM, Thomas Skinner wrote:
> As I prepare to build my second k2, my mind drifts back to the hours I spent with the little ceramic caps.
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>   They all had the bonding material over flowing the lead shoulders.  I spent hours cleaning that hardened material off the leads before soldering them in place.
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> The QUESTION:
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> Did I need to remove the extra material or should I just have dropped them in and made sure they got soldered properly?
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