I don't know specifically about these sockets, but you might be able to just modify the pins. The board house we use for prototypes, and the one we use for production take the hole sizes in the file to be different things. One uses it as final size, the other uses it as drill size. A couple of times I've had to sand down some headers because they were a few thou too big for a hole. I used a Dremel with a sanding disk. Be careful, as they will remove material at a rapid rate. You also might want to glue the socket to the board so you won't be relying on the now thinned pins for mechanical connection. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:10:57 +0200, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > Well well, I'll wait for the package and see what I'll do > about it. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.