In today's ever more crowded circuits; I find that during installation of a component, I should either hold the end of the wire to be cut or put a finger on it, so that it will not "fly" into some part of the circuit and short something. It is safer than nipping ends of wires with the cutters without thought to a wire bit flying into the eye, or hand, or as in this case, between two leads of an active component.
At the end of construction, it is good to hold the board upside down and end down and tap it to dislodge any stray bits of wire. -Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
