On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:23:51 PM UTC-4, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
A shout-out for a great service:

Without getting mired in the dick-measuring that ensued after you posted this, let me just say, "Thanks." There have been more and more parts lately that I skip over in my designs because I have no economical way to prototype with them. Proto-Advantage could well be the answer. I will be trying them soon, for sure.

On another note, I just got a new order in from Zenni. In this order (since it was a buy one, get one half-price deal), I add a pair of close up glasses. My regular reading prescription with an extra two diopters to bring the focus up close for this tiny stuff. Way, way better than non-prescription magnifiers, and cost me about 15 bucks.

For the really tiny stuff, I will continue to use a microscope, but these glasses should go a long way in reducing the number of times I have to go that route. And, for the really, really tiny stuff, I'll let Proto-Advantage deal with it.

Thanks again.