Shielding material

[David Halliday (Volt Computer)]

Three less-than-perfect things come to mind:

Check electronic surplus houses in your area for scrap pieces of flexible PC
board.  Locally, I have found large sheets of the stuff for under $5 each -
cut with shears and glue in place.  Major advantage is that you can solder
to it.

Go to a commercial HVAC supplier ( Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
).  There is a super strong aluminum adhesive tape sold for sealing
ductwork.  It is also pure aluminum with no plastic covering ( as some
cheaper tapes have ).  You can screw it to a wooden case or metal chassis
with a lockwasher and connect your wire to that.

Get some cardboard, some 3M spray adhesive ( type 77 comes to mind ) and
some aluminum foil.  The 3M adhesive is expensive but very very good and
will hold the foil to the cardboard without coming off... ever...    use
lots of it and spray it in a well ventilated area over a large spread of
newspaper.  Don't want it in your lungs or on your floor...

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Schrock [mailto:aschrock at cs.brandeis.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:58 AM
To: DIY
Subject: Shielding material


Hi all, 

I'm looking for some simple, flat yet thin and pliable conductive material
to use for shielding and ground planes to decrease noise and other
interference. Sorta that cardboard-with-tin-foil-on-the-other-side deal...
Actually preferably conductive on one side, non- on the other. Any ideas?
Should be cheap and available from digikey/mouser/other large supplier in
the US. 

thanks, 
Andrew

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