On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 20:00 +0000, derekhawkins wrote:
> >A photoprocess board will look no better, when the film was printed
> >with a household printer.
>
> Self induced delusional states can do so much and no more. Avoiding
> any
> exposure to close-ups is the only permanent solution.
Main criteria being:
- whether the damn thing works
- failure rate % when producing n of the same board
- time/ease/comfort of home production
- ease and error vulnerability when soldering
>From hard experience, I've learned to think - during the layout stage -
how it will feel to solder the board with my crappy iron (still waiting
for the time when I can justify dropping $100+ on a Weller temp reg
station). This practice is starting to save me much pain.
Cheers
David
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