>> The current mouting factory is a 17y boy who earns more soldering >> for me >> than carrying goods around at the local supermarket :) > Don't tell us who does the QC. Especially if the circuit has more > than 10 parts > and/or he makes more than 10 pieces of it. I don't want to know. 17 year old boys *can* make superb assemblers. The next generation of Techno-Gurus, Nobel laureates and the like have to come from somewhere. it's just finding the right needle in the haystack ... :-) RM -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist