On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Jim Beacon may have mentioned these
words:
I'll also cite early double sided
boards, before through-hole plating - it is virtually impossible to solder
both sides of a socket.
Virtually impossible? I doubt that - however, there's a few caveats...
Most documents I've read on making homemade PCBs discuss doing exactly
this by using machined-pin sockets. There's enough metal on the parts
side to make it work.
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David Griffith
dgriffi at
cs.csubak.edu