PROJECT 1Desoldering Basics
IN ORDER TO Build an electronic circuit from plans or from scratch, you will need a number of semiconductors and components. Often, these individual components cost only pennies now, but in order to purchase from a large supplier a minimum order number or price level has to be met. It seems crazy to pay $25 in shipping to receive a few 10-cent capacitors or resistors, especially when you can salvage them from just about any old circuit board. Almost all of the components we use are salvaged from old boards. We never had to order an odd value resistor or capacitor as we have always found what we needed by scavenging our huge junk piles.
Figure 1-0 Most of your parts inventory can be salvaged from old circuit boards. ...
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