I almost always do the bending on a tabletop as other list members have
described so well.

But, if you have problems bending the pins without breaking them, a good set
of tools can save you a bunch of broken chips. I use the WK-7 set from these
guys:
http://www.okindustries.com/products/4.4.htm

This set does the job for all DIP sizes but, it costs about $70.00 and it
takes longer to use the tools than to bend the pins by hand.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Richard Mellina
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:14 PM
> Subject: [EE]: DIP package trouble
>
>         I am new to electronics and I need some help. This may
> sound stupid (it
> *is* stupid!), but I have the hardest time getting DIP package
> ICs into DIP
> sockets. The pins are bent too far out and I can't figure out the best way
> to do it. Is there a tool that can bent the pins in before
> putting them into
> the socket? Any suggestions? Thanks!
>
>

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