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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etch tank idea

From: Mike Schoenborn <rtfm@...>
Date: 2008-04-25

At 08:13 PM 4/25/2008 +1000, you wrote:
>
>I was looking at an easier and more reliable way to etch PCBs. I know
>from experience that bubble etching never produces acceptable uniformity
>and often needs manual brushing to finish it off.

I would have thought that more randomness, not less, would be desireable
since the areas to be etched are (to some extent) randomly oriented. No?

(At this point I wanted to make an analogy to sand dunes, glacial scoring,
or orbital sanders versus belt sanders, but my caffeine level isn't up to it).