Russell Shaw wrote:
>Alan King wrote:
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>>Russell Shaw wrote:
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>>>Even if they gave the boards to me for free, it's still much more expensive
>>>than doing it myself. If i design a pcb, i can build it in an hour keeping
>>>my same train of thought and get a result, and even iterate a new board if
>>>needed. Getting them made outside means waiting atleast a week (usually two
>>>or three unless you pay double).
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>> Hey, if you need that, then knock yourself out. I can generally
>>remember exactly what I was doing a week or two later, and don't have
>>the slightest problem with a 2 week delay on that front.
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>That means i have to find something else to do while the client waits
>because of ones laziness to do it themself.
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>>But for sure,
>>after costs and time you're not coming out as much ahead of my $3 per
>>board as you are thinking, and I'm getting PTH, mask, and not even
>>having to make a board..
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>I'd still be in front compared to waiting for two weeks for a pcb and
>having the pcb vendor pay me $200. Anything more than simple PCBs usually
>need a second refinement, and it's far better to have the vendor make
>only the final design.
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Great, guess what, your special need for immediate boards was already
excepted in my original message with "Still ok if you just have to have
an instant board, but that usually isn't so important vs a week or so.",
you must have missed it. So everything you've said doesn't have
anything to do with what was being discussed in the first place, actual
dollar cost of the boards, and no, you're not really ahead on that by
much. At $150ish for 5 8x10"s you can't be more than $150 ahead, and
after taking out board costs etc it'll be notably less. Plus your time
not spent doing more productive things than making boards, or wasted if
you like being lazy or don't have any work to do. Plus no mask. Plus
you had the work of making the boards. Just like I said in the original..
Alan