Newbie PCB ques..

[KA4HJH]

>    I wouldn't recommend the trace between dip for anyone who is not very
>skilled at etching... You can get a maybe 10-15 mil trace through unless
>you shave the pads. Most
>people unless they are very skilled in the art will etch off traces below
>20 mils. I get poor yields below 20 mils (but I'm not that good). Small
>pads tend to float off
>during solder (and re-solder, like a newbie will... I am good at soldering
>at least), or drill out. A lot of newbies will solder bridge a trace
>between DIP. And won't have
>the tools or skills to find the problem easily.

The point being, inexperienced fabricators should stick to the basics. I've
never tried it myself, but I'm sure I could make a "trace between" board.
But without masking you have to watch watch every square mm for bridges,
something a novice would easily miss and so would I in a hurry.

>I did invite Flames... didn't I ???   :^)   Harry

De flames, de flames... 8p

>> I always put traces between IC pads on my home etched boards, when there
>>is a need to. After around 20 densely packed boards, I have never had a
>>single problem with it!
>>
>> /Jorgen

Love that brass work. Think I'll try that next.


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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