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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eyelets? (WAS: Re: Electroplating and VIAs)

From: "leon Heller" <leon355@...>
Date: 2009-01-22

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From: "DJ Delorie" <dj@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eyelets? (WAS: Re: Electroplating and VIAs)


>
> Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> writes:
>> My second thought was that'll waste a lot of wire.
>
> I thought that too. Then I realized that speaker wire, stripped and
> strands separated, yields a lifetime supply of cheap via wires...

I bought a reel of 28 swg tinned copper wire a few years ago. I use it for
links on the top of the board as well as for vias. It'll see me out, and
then some!

Leon