Like Brian, N6IZ I favour the method of holding the leads of the K2's D36 in
needle nose pliers then bending the wire end with finger pressure to form a
smooth bend to the required hole spacing. Bending the leads directly with
needle nosed pliers alone would be really asking for trouble by the increased
stress on the diode body. The same rules apply to all other fragile small
components which could be damaged by stress.
Agreed, other relatively more robust diodes such as the 1N4148 and similar
are able to have their leads bent with finger pressure alone without any
apparent ill effects. All a matter of learning by experience of what is
permissible and finding out the hard way what is not.
Bob, G3VVT
K2 #4168
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