Hello, Simon.
I couldn't find a link or guess the location of the DIY page referenced at the bottom of your platepcb home page. I did find the lpkf and Chinese links, but those were the only links on that page (looking at the source, too).
Donald.
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Gornall" <simon.gornall@...>
> To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:15:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Quimical VIAs
>
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> I was recently looking at plated-through-holes myself. I found the
> LPKF solution (circa $10k), or a Chinese PTH machine (circa $1400 +
> $500 shipping). The Chinese one is not a pulse-plating system, it's
> just a DC plating machine.
>
> So, I thought about how to DIY one of these. LPKF will sell the
> chemistry in small doses (it'll still cost you $300 or so I reckon,
> but that's "small" :), so that's not an issue. I'm busy with other
> projects (my reef tank started leaking, and I have to re-install
> everything. A 240-gallon fishtank takes a lot of time to set up
> properly :) at the moment, so it hasn't got very far, but I put up the
> design at http://platepcb.com/
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