I should add that all of our leaded-part soldering is automated, too, except when customers do the assembly.
Wayne On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > All of our SMD soldering is fully automated. > > Wayne > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:31 PM, ~BG~ wrote: > >> Do you guys do all the SMD soldering by hand? I'd be guessing that >> the >> current volumes shipped you guys would've been able to invest in a >> placement >> machine. Small ones have been becoming reasonable affordable these >> days >> (e.g. small outfits like Adafruit have been using one some their >> higher >> volume Arduino kits and accessories). >> >> >> ./Ben >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The KX3 has hundreds of SMDs. Many of them are so small that I >>> need a >>> magnifying glass just to find them. Soldering them by hand is >>> tedious >>> and fraught with peril (all of us on the team do it, but we don't >>> enjoy it). >>> >>> A full kit would be impossible to support and not profitable. Sorry >>> about that. >>> >>> 73, >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Tony Estep wrote: >>> >>>> You guys are killing me with this gloomy talk about SMDs. Just last >>>> night I >>>> ordered a Softrock. From reading the assembly manual I can see that >>>> this is >>>> a long-tailed project, but I'm determined to remain optimistic. My >>>> intention >>>> is to use it as an interface for CW Skimmer, taking IF out the back >>>> of my >>>> P3. We shall see... >>>> >>>> If I ever get it to work, I'll report back here. >>>> >>>> Tony KT0NY >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
