[sdiy] PCB Panel Recommendations

[mskala at northcoastsynthesis.com]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022, Roman Sowa wrote:

> As for pro-grade PCB fabs, there are a lot of them in China too.  I regularly
> get spam from them, and just by reading their technical capabilities they make
> JLC look silly.

Unless I had actually seen and handled the product, I wouldn't put too
much weight on the *claimed* capabilities of a spam-advertised Chinese
fab.  When I was trying to get panels (aluminum, not PCB) made by mainland
Chinese manufacturers on first starting NCS, I found significant gaps
between what they would advertise; what they would commit to in the
contract; and what they would actually deliver.  Just yesterday in my live
stream I marked the occasion of using up my last Chinese-made panel.  I
don't expect to buy more of those for a long time.  Maybe PCBs would be
different, but I don't seen an obvious reason to expect they would be.

-- 
Matthew Skala
North Coast Synthesis Ltd.