4 Sep
2023
4 Sep
'23
2:57 a.m.
What kinda kits we talking about?
Heathkit kind or the kind you could get in popular electronics?
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On Sep 3, 2023, at 17:01, Adrian Godwin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 12:33 AM ben via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I guess the era of kit building is long gone.
Sadly, yes. The cost of bagging up all the components is large compared
with the automated assembly cost, and many people are unwilling to do
surface mount manually. Through-hole is possible for some designs but very
restricting.
What may be feasible is having all the surface mounted parts assembled onto
a pcb and leaving through-hole parts such as pots, connectors etc. to the
builder. The SMT guys don't like doing that part.