Pretty sure that we all use sockets for chips, transistors, caps, diodes and sometime resistors from time to time. And one of the primary issues with socket use is that the legs of whatever device we’re plugging into those sockets often don’t fit snuggly.

Chips excluded, (because they usually fit quite snuggly), transistors, caps, diodes and resistors often fail to fit well into those little milled sockets. And when there is a loose connection, a circuit won’t work, has intermittent issues and can just be a hassle.

And solder-tac-ing them into place kinda defeats the purpose of using the socket. After all, isn’t the purpose of sockets to ease the practice of swapping values of those components?

For decades I’ve practiced the art of “wrinkling” the ends of the legs of components when using sockets. And I thought it might serve the community by sharing a good close up image of “wrinkled” leads that will fit snuggly into a socket.</div>
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