[sdiy] PCB houses

[Adam Schabtach]

> > IHMO, solder mask helps a lot more than tinning does.  Of course, 
> > solder mask is pretty much impossible for DIY boards.  
> (Unless someone 
> > knows something I don't...)
> 
> I would think that it is possible for DIY.  You would just 
> need to apply the same technique that you do to make the PCB 
> traces to the soldermask layer, etching a thin sheet of brass 
> (or copper) to make a stencil. 
> Then apply the whatever you are going to use through the stencil.

That sounds like way more work to me than paying BatchPCB.com $2.50/sq. inch
for manufactured, double-sided, solder-masked, silkscreened, plated boards.
:-)

--Adam
(No affiliation with BatchPCB.com other than being a happy customer who
picked up his fourth order yesterday.)