Clipped leads??

[Melvang]

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?

[SpAmRaY]

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

[Wildcard]

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

[bpiphany]

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

[Neebio]

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!

[dorkvader]

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.)

[PointyFox]

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.)

 

[ebacho]

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.)

 

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