Kinky Pins?

[Tom Lake]

Most BOMs I've seen call for DIP IC sockets with straight pins. These work fine but take a little effort to make sure they're flush with the circuit board. I was digging through my parts bin the other day and found some sockets with bent pins. I thought I'd have to straighten them but decided to try to fit them to a circuit board the way they are. Surprise! They snap into place on the board perfectly flush. I could turn the board over and just solder all the pins without tacking down one pin, adjusting the socket then possibly having to reheat the solder and push the socket flat then soldering another pin to make sure the socket doesn't move. Then, finally being able to solder the rest of the pins. I looked up the part numbers on DigiKey (my goto supplier) but had to ask on a forum just what to look for. The answer is kinked pin DIP sockets. To save you from having to look for them yourself, here's a link to DigiKey that will present every size they have.

DigiKey Kinked Pin DIP Sockets

[Richard Deane]

I use blobs of blutack on the component side to hold components in position. Usually works very well.  For ics , two blobs, either side or end pressed onto pcb and side of socket.

On Sun, 29 Sept 2024, 16:39 Tom Lake, <tl...@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

Most BOMs I've seen call for DIP IC sockets with straight pins. These work fine but take a little effort to make sure they're flush with the circuit board. I was digging through my parts bin the other day and found some sockets with bent pins. I thought I'd have to straighten them but decided to try to fit them to a circuit board the way they are. Surprise! They snap into place on the board perfectly flush. I could turn the board over and just solder all the pins without tacking down one pin, adjusting the socket then possibly having to reheat the solder and push the socket flat then soldering another pin to make sure the socket doesn't move. Then, finally being able to solder the rest of the pins. I looked up the part numbers on DigiKey (my goto supplier) but had to ask on a forum just what to look for. The answer is kinked pin DIP sockets. To save you from having to look for them yourself, here's a link to DigiKey that will present every size they have.

DigiKey Kinked Pin DIP Sockets

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[Dennis Zabawa]

BluTac is natures gift to the electronic hobbyist!   Have used it to hold components while soldering and to temporarily position sub assemblies while laying out a chassis.  And, it is great for mounting that old poster of Farah Fawcett on the workshop wall!