Re: PCB holes overlapping

Spehro,
Yeah, I was suspicious that the round holes probably weren't
the optimum hole for anything that snapped in. Simply because
most snap in parts would only fully catch at the outside corners
rather than along the full length of the snap face.
Would short routed slots not be better? Slightly longer than
the length of the snap face. Then the whole face of the snap
feature can bear the loading instead of just the corners.
Typically you can get 0.032", 0.625" or 0.093" routing diameters
from most fabricators. Other sizes would not be as common, even
0.032" is not so common with a lot of them.

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Sincerely,
Brad Velander

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:46:12 GMT, the renowned "Brad Velander"
>
> It doesn't connect electrically (plastic snaps), and the legs
are not
> round, they are rectangular. Ideally slots would be punched,
but the
> volume isn't there.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany


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