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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Melvang on Sun, 16 February 2014, 15:52:02

Title: Clipped leads??
Post by: Melvang on Sun, 16 February 2014, 15:52:02

So when you guys are soldering up a board what do you do with the clipped leads from LEDs and diodes?

Do you save them for trace repair or just throw away?

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 16 February 2014, 16:06:28

I've seen people post that they use them when direct wiring.

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: Wildcard on Sun, 16 February 2014, 16:14:26

That's what I've always done. I usually keep the longer pieces and trash anything less then 1cm

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: bpiphany on Tue, 11 March 2014, 04:40:05

I have a bag of leads, but after a while you just have enough for a lifetime, so nowadays I just throw them away =)

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: Neebio on Tue, 11 March 2014, 18:13:28

Ideally you would collect any garbage metal you don't want and every once and awhile make a trip to a metal recycling centre.

Remember the three R's man! Think of the penguins!

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 12 March 2014, 22:05:00

I plan to solder mine together and add it to my huge blob of lead solder (I melt down and then refine the impurities out of solder that I vacuum out of keyboards and anything I desolder.)

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: PointyFox on Wed, 12 March 2014, 22:19:33

Quote from: dorkvader on Wed, 12 March 2014, 22:05:00

I plan to solder mine together and add it to my huge blob of lead solder (I melt down and then refine the impurities out of solder that I vacuum out of keyboards and anything I desolder.)

 :confused:

Title: Re: Clipped leads??
Post by: ebacho on Thu, 13 March 2014, 00:47:09

Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 12 March 2014, 22:19:33

Quote from: dorkvader on Wed, 12 March 2014, 22:05:00

I plan to solder mine together and add it to my huge blob of lead solder (I melt down and then refine the impurities out of solder that I vacuum out of keyboards and anything I desolder.)

 :confused:

 :confused: indeed...