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Hi Brian!

It's done! I forget that a lot of people don't have
broadband.

I've changed all my pages to something smaller.
Leaves me more room for additional images that
way.

Kind regards,

-Steve Gregory-
Senior Process Engineer
LaBarge Incorporated
Tulsa, Oklahoma
(918) 459-2285
(918) 459-2350 FAX



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Steve

Can you please remove the fractal background image? It is nearly ½
megabyte and takes a day and a bit to download for those of us not lucky
enough to be able to have broadband, which still includes over 90% of
Internet connections. Thanks.

Brian

Stephen Roy Gregory wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> First, I want to express why I posted what I did earlier. I see all this
> "Lead-free" stuff in
> every trade magazine that I pick-up, I get spam email from everywhere
that
> you can imagine, about lead-free seminars, training classes, why I need
to buy
> different equipment, yada-yada-yada.
>
> But then I hear off-the-record from engineers at companies who are our
> customers, that they aren't even thinking about lead-free solders.
>
> I'm starting to look at tinning all components with standard 63/37
solder,
> re-balling BGA's with 63/37 spheres, and every other means available to
meet our
> customer demand to stay away from anything and everything lead-free, and
to
> try and remain competitive. On top of all of this, I will probably have
to
> figure out how to run a lead-free line and keep everything under control
at the
> same time, because we do have customers that will be marketing their
stuff in
> Europe... talk about alligators!
>
> We don't have a big engineering staff, or a nice lab to do experiments or
> analysis. We're not unlike a lot of EMS companies our size. We're a high
mix, low
> volume shop that specialize in defense and military electronics, that's
our
> heritage. We do things in the way that has been proven, and known to be
> reliable. When this lead-free deal was put on the table, it has turned
things upside
> down for me at least. I guess I was just trying to find out if anyone
else
> felt as p*ssed off as I am and as overwhelmed about lead-free as I do.
>
> On a lighter note, but in the same vein though, I took a cue from an
earlier
> post, and have created an image on my web page of what Tin/lead solder
might
> appear as in the year 2010.
>
> Take a look at: http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com , go to Picture Page
2,
> and look at; "REAL Pretty Solder".
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
>
>
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