Got me doubts about the Italian housewives Ken unless they are done in the old through hole method. You could’nt put surface mounted componants on by hand – well you could- but why would you want to when a machine can produce a board in the time it takes for a human to fit a few componants.
A good article on Wiki can be found here to anyone interested.
Yes and the chances are if you order the genuine belt from Connect they will send you a pattern belt in a sandwich bag and charge you the genuine price. 😥
Graham