Cool, then I will continue to work with it and save my band saw
blades for cutting wood!
Chris
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:41:30 +0200, lcdpublishing
> <lcdpublishing@y...> wrote:
>
> >
> > In my very limitted experiences, I am really liking this white
> > material but I suspect it is not the best material to use.
> > So, if you all don't mind, can we discuss the merits of the
various
> > materials?
> > Chris
>
>
> It is a cheaper material, yes, but it is not going to give you any
trouble.
>
> FR4 is more mechanically stable and probably has better
electrical
> characteristics as well, which you don't need to mind.
> Also, you can only plate through holes on FR4, the paper does not
produce
> acceptable holewalls. Not an issue for us.
>
> FR1 and even phenolic boards are still widely used in industry,
for
> "cheap" jobs like TV sets and other low-density stuff like that.
Those are
> often done single-sided so the paper is no problem.
>
>
> As others said, FR4 can often be bought very cheap as cutoffs, so
it is
> for me cheaper than FR1. Because of that i use the FR1 i have only
for
> prototypes, which will not see permament service, not because it
is
> inferior but becasue i have to use FR4 for most stuff anyway so
better use
> it where the harder work has some lasting effect.
>
> ST
>