At 08:59 AM 4/29/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Picdude wrote: > > And I'm sure all components > > can't be dunked in, so some must be done later, but wouldn't the solder > bath > > plug up the holes? > >Mostly a problem on double sided boards with plated through holes. >Just do as the professionals, use standard round toothpicks to "plug" the >un-populated holes. There are other ways- goop that can be automatically or manually put on the board and peeled off later, and of course the every-popular polyimide tape. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.