DIY PCB plated thru holes?

[Rob]

I second this.. No way should you subject yourself to those types of
chemicals and potentially dangerous/hazardous procedures just to save a
little money.. Actually, in your case, if you calculate in your time to do
these thru holes you would probably find it not worthwhile to do the boards
diy..

Another plus to this is that when you see the expense of having multiple
layers/ many through holes, you might redo your design somewhat to save
cost! This is always a very valuable skill when it comes to layout in an
industry/consumer electronic setting.

We used to have a guy who, when the autorouting left a few parts
unconnected, would just add another layer and reroute! Oh, the humanity! Oh
the cost!

We had many 11 and 12 layer boards, unfortunately.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hairy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
To: <Hcabnivek at aol.com>; <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: DIY PCB plated thru holes?


> MHO:
>
> send them out. when you get to DIY-PTH its either really expensive,
> or unreliable.  Better to set the boards up as a multiple and get some
> shop to do the deed for you.
>
> Once upon a time, people used eyelets. They are not reliable.
>
> Soldering both sides IS an option. a careful layout can minimize the
> number of points you NEED to solder on both sides...
>
> H^) harry
>
>
> >From: Hcabnivek at aol.com
> >To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> >Subject: DIY PCB plated thru holes?
> >Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:47:47 EST
> >
> >Any ideas out there on how to do diy plated through holes?  I'm working
on
> >a
> >super compact design that is going to require a two sided pcb but I still
> >want them to be DIY. I really don't want to have to solder one side and
> >then
> >the other side.  Any ideas?  I only need about 8 boards, each of which
has
> >about 200 holes, so I think it still makes sense for me to do them diy
> >rather
> >than go to a board shop.
> >Thanks for any help,
> >Kevin
>
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