Re: gEDA-user: 2 layer home-made PCB

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When you say a wire, are you talking hollow wire so that the component can
> be inserted into the hole also?  I'm not understanding.  Does the 22ga wire
> lay beside the component lead?  If that's the case all the thru holes will
> be too small.

I use one strand of a 22ga wire (it's about 34 ga) to wire-up all my
vias.  For through-hole parts, I just don't run traces to the
component side so I won't have to worry about soldering it.  Or, if
it's solderable, I just solder both sides.

> I hate to use the word assume but I assumed the solder would just bridge
> along the component lead to the other side of the board.

It won't.  Solder has a very high surface tension.


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