[sdiy] drilling pcb boards...

[harrybissell at wowway.com]

Advanced circuits (for example) has a "$33 proto special" where you have to
buy four boards (min) but they throw in a fifth one free.  The total with
shipping runs about $150.  That is for a 60 sq in board...

H^) harry




On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:48:03 +0000, Dan Snazelle wrote
> that is one big question...can you get pcb boards made 
> professionally THAT cheap....selling boards to other people might be 
> possible for some projects but maybe not others..remember this 
> summer on the list i was asking people if i SHOULD get the boards 
> for my project made professionally and in the end , at least before 
> summer told me about pcbcart  it just seemed REAL expensive. so i 
> put what i could onto the asm2 board and made the rest on three 
> etched boards and one perfboard board.
> 
> thing is with press and peel i already have all the chemicals, 
> boards, etc and it doesnt take THAT much time. i seem to be able to 
> design a small board, print,make drill and solder it in one to two 
> days. not bad for a weekend. BUT there are the problems and hazards 
> we have been discussing.
> 
> this pcb cart concept sounds awesome but dont you still end up 
> paying about 30 bucks a board (i might be way way off on that) AND 
> you have to submit in non-proprietary files..which sucks for those 
> of us who learned to do schematics AND boards using express 
> pcb.....however..if its a BIG board for 30, you could split it up 
> into smaller projects all on one scored board.
> 
> so that is the main stopping point for me is learning to use 
> something like (GASP) eagle...unless there is something way easier 
> and free.
> 
> thanks for the advice as usual....i am seriously considering it for 
> the future.
> 
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Harry Bissell & Nora Abdullah 4eva