IC squisher from skate bearings, acrylic scraps

Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this handy homebrew jig from the UK’s oomlout:

We’ve recently grown annoyed with the slightly bow legged stance DIP ICs ship with (it makes inserting them into sockets ever so frustrating). Rather than continue to spend longer than we liked on less than perfect results we decided to make ourselves a little jig to help out.

Details and laser-cutter files are available at the link above. This post from EMSL is cited by way of inspiration.