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

Here is a link to a downloadable book that might prove interesting,

"Printed Circuit Boards, design, Fabrication, Assembly and Testing", Dr R S Khandpur, McGraw-Hill (2006)

It covers everything about PCBs and in particular has a good section on plating processes.

http://faculty.yu.edu.jo/myhomari/default.aspx?pg=c94d397c-06fd-4dfc-a4d5-7d5c25eccb06

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