Steve, I have a son in Preschool who tried to attempt the same thing (putting a square object into a round hole). After trying many times he finally realized that only the round object will fit in the round hole. Geez, don't you remember your early schooling days? Brian >Hi ya'll! > >I'm pretty sure that one or two of you "ol' crusty" types (I mean that in a >GOOD way), have run across this problem I have a time or two. I have this >board I'm building in a quasi "prototype/pre-production" run that has a PTH >rectifier diode installed vertically...some of you have may have guessed what >my problem is already from my subject, the hole's too small. >Lead diameter is right around .050" +/- a mil or two, guess what the hole size >is? .050", +/- a mil or two...that's just peachy ain't it? It goes two times >per board, and we gotta' build a hundred of these, maybe two hundred. > >So tell me, what have all you "old salts" done to make a square peg to fit in >a round hole? I've had some REALLY GOOD suggestions from some "experts" here, >one was to get a dremel and drill the hole out (sounds good to me!...snicker), >another was to get a can of "Freeze-it" and spray the diode leads with it, >then hurry up and stuff it in the hole before it warms up and expands...that >sounded pretty keen too, except it's hard to hold the diodes when you're >wearing mittens to keep from getting your digits frostbitten. > >So I told my "helpers" that I really appreciated their suggestions, but that I >would like to give the technet a chance to offer some guidance to me, and that >no-way were the suggestions from the TechNet going to be as good as theirs, >but I wanted to see what popped up...and I would come to them if I needed >anymore "help"...in other words, don't call me, I'll call you. > >I'm sure glad this is email, it would be kinda' hard to carry on this >conversation with my tongue in my cheek like this... > >So, what's the verdict? Am I hosed? I looked around on the NET trying to find >the same spec'd diode with smaller lead diameters, but no joy. The only two >companies I found were Motorola and General Instruments, and they both listed >the same thing that I have now. > >Is there any trick that any of you have done to make something like this work? >I'm afraid if I don't figure something out, I'll be in mittens spraying diodes >with freeze-it on the production floor...ya' gotta save me! > >-Steve "soon to be numb-fingers" Gregory- > >################################################################ >TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. >For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 >################################################################ > > > ETS, LLC - West ETS, Inc. - East 3939 N. Freya St. PO Box 47887 Spokane, WA 99207 Plymouth, MN 55447 509-483-0900 (voice) 612-553-0051 (voice) 509-483-0331 (fax) 612-553-0246 (fax) [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Benefit from a direct relationship with the manufacturer! ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################