A small thing of great beauty

A small thing of great beauty

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24 October 2024 at 13:35 #760957
Michael Gilligan
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I recently ordered some 3mm Pogo Pins from China

… a small packet arrived yesterday, delivered ‘Tracked 48’ by Royal Mail

Feast your eyes on this little beauty:

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That this can be done so readily says a lot about mass-production, global-trading, and such

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ that’s cropped from a hand-held snapshot on the iPad

When I feel up to it I might try dissecting one and photographing it properly
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24 October 2024 at 14:01 #760961
JasonB
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So you will be out on your Pogo stick this weekend!
24 October 2024 at 16:06 #760971
Ian P
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I used these from Farnell on a recent project. They are intended for surface mounting but I pressed them in to 1.5mm holes in 1.5mm thick fibreglass PCB.

Picture from website because I cannot find the ones I had left over

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