I would try to avoid them. I've looked at them in the past, and it just
seems like it would be way too hard to get to the leads without burning
the plastic bits. FWIW I also do all my SMT by hand soldering.

Josh
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Charles Craft wrote:
> Anyone think these SMT PLCC sockets are hand solderable?
>
> http://www.mill-max.com/images/products/PDF/095.pdf
>
> http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Mill-Max/Photos/1.jpg

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