Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

I believe that when someone ask for help about DIY PCB making using professional methods (LPI or dry-film), the last thing he(she) wants to hear is "...give it up and make your boards with XYZ manufacturer...".

In this context, any advise about your experiences using not reliable procedures like toner-transfer, etc. is of little value too.

Although this is homebrew site, many members have years of professional expertise -some of them worked in the industry also for many years- so the idea of making double-sided soldermasked PTH in home (with the correct setup not matter if it is DIY) is totally viable.

Of course that everyone in this forum thanks so much for every piece of information/post/reply that occurs, but if for example, I would ask about where to buy LPISM (for the beginner Liquid Photoimageable Solder Mask), and I receive dozens of answers like "you could spray the PCB with automotive green laquer...", "use Pulsar green-foil product...", "it can not be do it at home...", "make your boards in a PCB shop...", etc., I would be very disappointed.