What kinda kits we talking about? Heathkit kind or the kind you could get in popular electronics?
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 3, 2023, at 17:01, Adrian Godwin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 12:33 AM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> >> I guess the era of kit building is long gone. >> >> > Sadly, yes. The cost of bagging up all the components is large compared > with the automated assembly cost, and many people are unwilling to do > surface mount manually. Through-hole is possible for some designs but very > restricting. > > What may be feasible is having all the surface mounted parts assembled onto > a pcb and leaving through-hole parts such as pots, connectors etc. to the > builder. The SMT guys don't like doing that part.
