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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] 1 and 3 mil lines

From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2009-03-08

Yes i know, you already wrote at some point it's only reliable for short tracks.
But even that i doubt, since the mechanics of etching shouldn't allow
a track narrower than it's height without lots of trouble.
I think you just end up with slightly wider tracks than you think.

Not that it matters, you can still use them to run through IC pads. I
just would have been curious if there was a way to make seriously
narrow traces.

ST

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Derward Myrick <wdmyrick@...> wrote:

> Adam this email was in reply to this message below.
>
> (NOTE,  All I said was I would run under
> smd parts to save using a jumper.  This
> was to Phil and I do it all the time.  I do
> not claim to make whole boards using
> 1 Mil traces.  As a mater of fact I always
> use largest traces I can.  As the packages
> get smaller you reach a point that you can't
> go between them.)
>