Kelly, Of course...My coment on HASL was just slightly rhetorical in nature, not to be mistaken for a direction we are, or should be headed... Being a fabricator I too am aware of the problems facing assemblers as well as numerous solutions to these problems, immersion tin being but one of them. Franklin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------