[sdiy] OT: High price of vectorboard

[patchell]

    When you think about it, what you have to do to make vector board is
not all that different from making a PC board.  Especially if you get
vector board with etched copper on it.

    I just purchase the Prepunched Insulating Boards (no copper).  An
10" x 17" piece is  $36.  I can generally get a lot of smaller pieces
out of this.  The Vector part number 3662 witch is a 4.5" x 6.5 inch
board with 44 pin edge connector is $23 (I built a lot of modules in the
past on this size board).  And yes, when you consider that you can get
boards from Advanced Circuits for $33 each ($99 min order), yeah, I
agree, the vector board is kind of expensive.  I am afraid I really
don't know of anything cheaper.  Vector I can depend on having the
correct size holes for the T42-1 terminals (which you need, and add to
the cost of the project as well).

Tim Ressel wrote:

> Yo,
>
> I just got a nose bleed from the high prices of
> vectorboard! Its almost cheaper to have PCBs made than
> to make protos. Especially if you figure in the
> time...
>
> Anybody know of a cheaper source? All Digikey and
> Mouser carry is Vector, and the altitude is just too
> high for my blood...
>
> --TR
>
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