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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Board thickness of .031 inch

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-02-10

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:33:33 +0100, kilocycles <kilocycles@...>
wrote:

> Well, I couldn't find the post to reply to that I read in my email
>
> digest, but I've found that the thinner PCB stock is ok for two-sided
>
> boards, and depending how it's going to be mounted, single-sided
>
> boards. A .031 single-sided board that is foil-filled tends to curl a
>
> bit, at least one that had copper on both sides to begin with.
>
>
> Ted


I've seen the curling too on thin boards. i only use them for very small
pcbs.
The single sided ones curl too.

ST