> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone makes copper covered perfboard
> for etching.
> > Basically, just a copper covered board that's been pre-drilled.
>
> wouldn't it be easier to just CNC some rows of holes?
>
> > ... For SMD, just send all your vias to a pre-existing hole.
>
> I guess you are thinking of putting wires through? like those
> proto boards out there that are not through plated.
> Again I think some rows of CNC drilled holes would be easier on you...
>
> More or less this is what I was thinking of when I asked
> about the WOODEN ROUTER.
You do realise that there's 100 holes per square inch? :)
Almost all of the proto boards are phenolic (the brown stuff). They punch
the holes in that, not drill them. Fibreglass is a bit tougher. Those
boards are expensive.
I have actually seen a board like the OP is describing, single sided, just
holes. No idea where I got if from, and no idea where it went. I never
used it for anything.
The boards that resemble breadboards are handy, as are the ones with an area
for a chip in the middle and traces running off it.
It's easy enough to make traces on the 'lots of holes' stuff by just using
lots of solder to link them. If I'm feeling particuarly enthusiatic I bend
a piece of wire across the holes and tack it down. Often I'll just use the
component leg (eg resistor), although this way does make modifications a
pain.
Tony