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In article <1992Dec21.152708.11873@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> stephens@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (mark stephens) writes:
>Are these useful?  They are the "pencils" which wrap a wire around a post
>and you then solder it.  I'm trying to determine what system to use for
>creating circuits for this new (to me)  hobby.  Etching seems to be a tad
>much for (probably) one shot boards and wire wrapping might be overkill. 
>With the pencil, do you need special posts for inserting into a perf
>board?

For a small circuit (about dozen trans, maybe a couple of ICs), I use a bit of
strip board. For anything bigger I do a PCB if it'll layout single sided.
Otherwise wire-wrap (but then I have access to a mains gun so
it's real quick). I tried using solder wrap once and only once, I found it a
real pain to make changes. I also have a hand wire wrap tool for use at
home, it's slower but I like the flexibility of wirewrap. I you find solder
wrap suits you great, but don't dismiss wire wrap. The startup costs for the
hand versions of each should n't be that different. Maybe you need to borrow
each if you can to decide.

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Kenneth@Edinburgh.ac.uk                                         kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk
4th Year Honours Student, Dept of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh
Project: Acceleration of Constructive Solid Geometry Using a Custom VLSI Device