wire wrap machine pins

[Chuck Guzis]

On 2 Jun 2009 at 22:09, Andrew Lynch wrote:

> Thanks Dwight and Chuck!  I found what I was looking for (wire wrap
> SIP sockets) in the Jameco catalog for a fairly reasonable price. 
> They also have terminal pins but not the machine pin variety.  Digikey
> has those, as Chuck pointed out, but the price seems unreasonable. 
> $35 for a small bag of socket pin terminals?  Wow!

Sometimes, it's very cost effective to pick up a used wire-wrap 
prototyping board and simply punch the unused pins out.

Also, be on the lookout for surplus wire-wrap DIP sockets.  It's easy 
enough to cut the row of pins off to make your own SIP socket.

--Chuck