William "Chops" Westfield wrote: >>> Cinching is like NASA practice or something. ;-) >> >> Can't they just afford double sided boards? :-) > > So you're saying that cinching is only "required" > on single sided boards? Not at all. Sorry, I should have quoted more original post's lines: Spehro Pefhany wrote: > Single sided boards in consumer stuff almost > never have the leads cinched. Often they're > hacked off with a carbide circular blade. > > Cinching is like NASA practice or something. ;-) I just thought (probably mistakenly) that the conclusion from the above quotation could be that cinching single sided boards is like NASA practice, that's why I made the joke. Best Regards. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist