[sdiy] PCBs from old films (USA)

[mark verbos]

Now, I really don't know about this and should shut up, but that  
won't stop me....

Isn't the problem the lack of drill files?


Mark


On Oct 21, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Dave Manley wrote:

> John Blacet wrote:
>> --Have you talked to any board houses?
>> As far as I know, they all still use film in the end...
>>>>> Does anyone know a board house in the USA (extra points for  
>>>>> midwest :^)
>>>>> that can produce PCBs from film artwork ?   Price is no
>>>>> object...
>>>
>>> Harry,
>>>
>>> What do you meen by film artwork?
>>>
>>> Im sure i dont understand you correctly, but couldnt any 2 colour  
>>> image be
>>> etched or, indeed, milled, onto pcb material with
>>> relative ease?
>>>
>
> I just went and spoke with the cad guys here at work and they said  
> it shouldn't be a problem with the following caveats for the pcb  
> house:
>
> 1. they support the complexity of the board (number layers, trace  
> width, etc)
> 2. the films have registration marks they can work with.
>
> Our cad guys said the industry is starting to support direct laser  
> imaging, but the majority is still film based.
>
> -Dave
>
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