IC Sockets

[szukalski]

And all you’re doing is having the option to reuse a TL072..

 

[Fama]

And all you’re doing is having the option to reuse a TL072..

Tbh I'm mainly using sockets to help with any troubleshooting issues (including IC's installed the wrong way around). That's pretty much the only reason I even use sockets in the first place - troubleshooting pedals with sockets is so much easier than ones without sockets.

 

[spi]

And all you’re doing is having the option to reuse a TL072..

Well you gotta replace the fakes

 

[HamishR]

Bending the legs is not rocket science! Just place the IC on its side against a flat surface and gently push the plastic body to 90 degrees to the surface. Flip it over and repeat. Whichever type socket works for you is the one to use. My only other observation is that since I've been using only machined sockets I have become more attractive to the opposite sex. Coincidence?

 

[pricklyrobot]

I too found that ever since I started taking a keen interest in sockets, ICs, and audio electronics in general, I also began attracting the opposite of sex!

 

[Erik S]

Bending the legs is not rocket science

I’ve never tried pre-bending them.

I just drop one row into the socket then nudge the second row into place with my thumb.

 

[swelchy]

Easy now.. We all know CocaCola is the only real king...

 

[jwin615]

 

[Betty Wont]

 

[tegendemuur]

This forum makes me think of this album cover. Except that it's all hugs, shoulder slaps and fist bumps on actual contact.

 

[Feral Feline]

Grumpy ol' fu...ddy-duddies vs young whipper-snappers... Great pic. Just add Moses...

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I’ve never tried pre-bending them.

I just drop one row into the socket then nudge the second row into place with my thumb.

So no foreplay, just going in dry huh?
Sounds like some psychotic serial killer stuff

 

[Erik S]

So no foreplay, just going in dry huh?
Sounds like some psychotic serial killer stuff

I’m gentle

 

[swelchy]

Judging from the guys in this group I'm considering you all " Raw Doggers"... Ain't no Easin' in around here.

 

[tegendemuur]

Judging from the guys in this group I'm considering you all " Raw Doggers"... Ain't no Easin' in around here.

All this talk about being gentle and hole coring remind me of the rectal speculums that occasionally ended up in my hands at the hospital's surgical cleaning / sterilisation departement...

 

[Feral Feline]

Those will always get you in the end.

 

[Aentons]

Those will always get you in the end.

 

[DDad]

I have what may be a dumb question - why do they manufacture the ICs so that the legs are not in the correct angle to insert into the sockets? Why not make them so they line up with the socket holes?

 

[Robert]

It's like bun length hot dogs all over again.... why in the hell did we ever make the buns too long to begin with?

Why adapt the wiener to match the bun? Shouldn't we be making wiener length buns instead?

 

[Betty Wont]

I have what may be a dumb question - why do they manufacture the ICs so that the legs are not in the correct angle to insert into the sockets? Why not make them so they line up with the socket holes?

They are splayed that way to allow the spring tension to hold them in place before soldering. Mostly for benefiting automatic processes. Most ICs globally are not socketed.