I had the same problem and what I started doing was bringing the trace
outline into Aspire and doing an larger offset and then doing an area mill
of that offset (hope that makes some sense) but ending up with much more
removed copper and so the chance to bridge is less - basically giving the
traces more isolation
Jamie
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http://www.backyardworkshop.com On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:13 AM, poofjunior <seeifyoucanmeetme@...>wrote:
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> Hi, all,
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> Just recently, I had a chance to mill my own PCBs with a script that
> exports a toolpath from Eagle Cad to a Modela milling machine. The
> resulting boards are gorgeous! Unfortunately, the soldering has become very
> difficult.
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> Because very thin traces are being cut to isolate the actual wire
> connections from the ground plane, it's fairly easy to spill some solder
> onto the trace and have a hard time cleaning off the resulting bridge.
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> I wanted to ask, when milling your own boards from copper-clad board, how
> do you control the soldering process? Are their techniques to get the
> solder to stay on just the pad that's been isolated from the ground plane?
> Should I look for a precise flux pen that will dribble just a teeny bit of
> flux onto the pad?
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> Many thanks, everyone, and I look forward to your input!
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> Sincerely,
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> Poofjunior
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