During the '80's, as most of you know, this equipment was one of the main subjects of forums like this - had they then existed. Everyone had a better cutting system and the biggest complaint was as you expressed it - maintenance (especially blade resharps or changing plus heght adjustments) going back through the wave. Thank goodness for SMT, having arrived at the time, and the small need to trim/cut only a few leads without fracturing solder joints and then resoldering them. A bit ironic as leads manually trimmed could not be cut into the joint so fracturing was eliminated. No resoldering allowed. MoonMan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------