Hi I think you would find a *lot* of smaller outfits “back in the day” running hand soldering lines. Small scale wave solder for through hole did not catch on the way reflow has for SMT. Dip solder was a rare item ….
Bob > On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:28 PM, Charles Steinmetz <csteinm...@yandex.com> wrote: > > Nigel wrote: > >> with far too many assorted internal photos plus details of said interesting >> discovery, with extra brownie points to anyone who might already be thinking >> foam and cardboard sandwiches:-) > > Oh, my, that brings back memories! That method of "encapsulation" was used > by a number of Rochester electronics firms of the era. It was developed by a > good friend of mine with whom I worked at another firm about a decade before > Spectracom was founded, and was introduced at Spectracom when he moved there. > > It's hilarious now, looking at the crude PC layouts, the PC cards that look > like they were separated with hatchets (in reality, they used heavy-duty, > office-type guillotine paper cutters), and the "definitely not near mil-spec" > hand soldering job using at least 5x the optimum amount of solder. > Spectracom didn't even have a dip-soldering operation, much less a > wave-soldering system. > > It was a much, much simpler time, one rung up the ladder from hippies in a > basement.... > > Charles > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
