I agree, they are tricky to use, and get to work right. Keep in mind,
those pens are designed for REPAIR of a board with a few bad/broken traces,
not drawing a whole board. You will not get good results trying one of
these for a full board. It may work for a little while, but don't expect
it to last.
Chris Hart
> 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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