~fingers lightly touching the computer screen, sliding over the text you submitted~ I can sense your frustration with fabricators on this, so I shall slowly back away before it really gets out of hand........ Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: Howieson, Rick <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [TN] Gold Removal > YES! Reject it and send it back to fab. And my answer to your view, if > you can't build the damn thing to print don't quote it! Enough said. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Franklin Asbell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > >Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 6:01 PM > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: [TN] Gold Removal > > > >Cyanide in and of itself won't remove gold, it's a lot more detailed than > >that, and then controlling how much is removed is almost impossible. > > > >Speaking from experience, you won't even smell almonds, you might see a > >humid cloud drifting slowly away from the tank, and the next thing you'll > >see is the ER doctor telling you things will be just fine. > > > >30 microinches of Gold won't affect solderability any different then 10 > >microinches. What it might affect depending on your application is the > >electrical properties. > > > >If 30 microinches is simply intolerable then buff the gold tabs or pads down > >to what you believe to be a tolerable level, unless you have access to an > >XRF or similar device though, you won't know how far you've gone. > > > >Sure, reject it all back to the fabricator, have them restart the job, put > >everything on a back burner, or better yet, find another supplier, resubmit > >gerber, have them do it, of course you'll want to survey them first, gotta > >remember to schedule that before we give them the order. > > > >~...hmmmm, wondering if I'm being too facetious, nah, not with this group, > >they can appreciate the humor in this....grinning~ > > > >Franklin > > > >############################################################## > >TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > >############################################################## > >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following > >text in > >the body: > >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > >############################################################## > >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > >information. > >If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > >847-509-9700 ext.5315 > >############################################################## > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ############################################################## > ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################