First of all I separated the boards and finished the edges with a emery board.
I have found my travelling kit of jewellery making tools very useful for bending the pins on the IC holders and a pair of very fine tweezers were brought into use for the breaking the ceramic capacitor on L3 the oscillator coil and removing the solder lugs on each side of the screened can.
On Friday the real work begins, the Antex soldiering iron comes out of its box for the first time.
You are very brave, Mandy. Tackling a blog and the kit at once, doubly so!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing your progress - do keep the photos coming along with the words.
73
Chris
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