Good soldering technique (or lack of it!)

[pwdrive]

Lawrence,

In the days of conventional components mechanical joints and cable forming, plus a lot of other techniques, were the only way to get gear through Bump, Vibration and Resonance Search tests. It's fascinating to watch what happens to components, both electrical and mechanical, when you hit them with the optimum(?) vibration frequency.
Mechanical joints are also a requirement in some areas of Hazardous Area equipment.
Joe's just a wimp - get yourself a good solder sucker

Alan

Magnetostriction with PCB mounted inductors etc in equipment comes to mind.

Lawrence.