[sdiy] making PCBs, what's your method?

[Roman]

I've been etching PCBs at home for years. In best times I draw schematic
in the morning, design PCB about noon, and by the evening I had soldered
working circuit. For that reason nothing beats home made PCBs - it's
quick.
But for about 6 years I do all my PCBs in PCB fab. Just send them
Protel file and get the boards after 2-3 weeks. The advantages are:
- no nasty hemicals at home
- results look proffesional
- 1 or 100 boards takes the same effort
- it may be actually cheaper if you consider your health and time
- no way to make plated holes or soldermask at home
- design can be more dense than any home method alows

There are cheap PCB fabs around the world if you look carefully.
I can recommend mine but they don't deal worldwide

Roman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Brodeur" <orange_juice_man_returns at yahoo.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: [sdiy] making PCBs, what's your method?


> Hello all,
>  I want to start doing my projects on printed circuit boards (as
> opposed to perfboard), for a number of reasons. I'm still studying the
> different methods and products. I would liek to get some feedback from
> this group on how they make their boards. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> -Charles Brodeur
> 
> 
> 
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