On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:10:23 -0000, you wrote:
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>BTW Keith, I think we are neighbors! I live in Julian NC.
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>I was thinking further toward Low Tech solutions. I probably will not go to india ink (as used in my engineering drawing class in 1958) but drawing templates might be helpful...
>de W8CCW
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>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, kabowers@... wrote:
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>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:13:35 -0000, you wrote:
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Glad to see I'm not totally isolated 8=).
Back in the 70's I did some boards by placing the parts on
graph paper 1:1, taping the paper to a board, using a fine
center punch to dimple the copper and then using a Sharpie
to draw in the tracks. IIRC I was using FeCl back then.
I found out the hard way to only use a black Sharpie; the
colored ones didn't resist 8-(
Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC