Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@...>
wrote:

> The sensitised FPC-16 material I use costs 1.50 GBP for a 4" x 6"
> piece.

I found a UK web page here:

http://tinyurl.com/8cwf4

that lists your 1.50 GBP (2.62 USD) FPC-16 economy board and others
including the 1.95 GBP (3.35 USD), 1/16", 1 oz, single-sided 4x6 board
using A4 material for which I could more easily find a US source at
Digikey.com. The two choices using that characteristics filter at
Digikey.com cost $7.93 and $9.04 respectively. My source for .021"
thick, double-sided copper clad offers a 4x6 board (not sensitized)
for 0.95 USD.

Anyone here know of a similarly inexpensive US source for something
similar to the sensitized PCB material Leon is using in the UK?

> My UV exposure unit cost me about 20 GBP to make from a couple
> of fluorescent fittings, UV tubes, MDF and wood.

Cool. Do you have ready access to an URL where plans for such a thing
can be found? (I haven't looked in the forum archives here for one, yet).

> The JetStar film costs 5.10 GBP for 10 A4 sheets.

The same UK source I linked to above has that, too. The 5.10 GBP is
8.90 USD and 12.02 AUD. An Australian source charges 16 AUD, so you
have a very cheap source of that material in the UK.

Once again, anyone here know of a suitable substitute of similar cost
here in the US?

Thanks!
Bill