At 11:26 AM 2/19/02 +0000, Stuart Meier wrote: >Having searched the archives without success, can anyone suggest a good >way to do vias on smt double sided boards in low volume production .... We use something called 'Track Pins' made by Harwin (UK, I think). We used to get them from Arrow/Bell but I don't know if they still have them. These are a stick of tapered pins that you push into the hole, then snap off. Nice tight fit inttp:/#66 hole. dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 18 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2002) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body