On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>> Then you actually solder the PIC permanently into the socket
>> - creating a
>> sturdier, extension of the pins - yeah?
>
>No solder, that would defeat the whole purpose. Even machined (round)
>socket pins can break, and then you want to take the PIC out an insret
>it into a new one.

A roll of solder wick costs less than a good quality socket. Having said
this, I use machine turned socket pins/sockets for all sorts of things all
the time (including diy connectors, pin-life extenders, cables etc.). And
one can always solder the chip into the turned sockets. If desperate about
bad contacts. Now, how come I am saying this ? Mmmh...

Peter

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