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Hi

Unfortunately these conductive pens don't work well.
You are luck if they aren't already dried out when you buy them
but once you opened them the don't last long.
Besides it also does not paint well.
I hate them, they are simply unusable maybe in the future with a
better design, but not at the moment.

Cheers
Michael

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Joblin"
<steven_joblin@...> wrote:

>
>
> Newbie question, which I am sure has been asked before :)
>
> I am thinking about using a perfboard like
>

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104052&cp=2032058\

> .2032230.2032265&parentPage=family
>

<http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104052&cp=203205\

> 8.2032230.2032265&parentPage=family>
>
> and a conductive pen (like
>

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1\

> &storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=263716
>

<http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-\

> 1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=263716> ) to create the traces
> between each of the components that I solder to the board.
>
> Anyone have any experience with this as a technique? I assume that if I
> am careful and use a ruler, I can get reliable traces? does anyone know
> how thick (or how thin) of a trace you can make with these? Does anyone
> have any experience with a particular make/model that is better/worse
> than anyother?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
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