12-15-2014, 03:48 PM
OK.
When working with chips and transistors with plastic bodies, if you try bending pins keep in mind they have that depression (thin part) right where they go in the body, and trying to bend them there often results in breakage or degrades the pin's strength.
The proper way of doing this is holding the pins with needle-nose pliers below those depressions and then bending pins using a second pair of the pliers. Worst case if you break one you will still have a stub to solder to.
Do not bend with your hand and close to where the pins go into the body.
When working with chips and transistors with plastic bodies, if you try bending pins keep in mind they have that depression (thin part) right where they go in the body, and trying to bend them there often results in breakage or degrades the pin's strength.
The proper way of doing this is holding the pins with needle-nose pliers below those depressions and then bending pins using a second pair of the pliers. Worst case if you break one you will still have a stub to solder to.
Do not bend with your hand and close to where the pins go into the body.
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