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Re: pic: 1038_Control_Board

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Originally Posted by ToddF View Post
Going vertical gives one huge benefit: less problems with metal swarf falling into the components and causing shorts.
Agreed. It's also often easier to see what you're doing as you do testing and trouble shooting. We had a vertical board in our rookie year, 2012, a mostly vertical one (20-30 degrees from vertical) in 2015, and we're going vertical again this year.
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