Stewart MacDonald sells various widths of copper tape intended for shielding the insides of electric guitars -- it intended to be soldered. I've used it for that purpose and it works well.
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On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:38 PM, "Todd F. Carney / K7TFC" <k7tfc@...> wrote:
> Lex,
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> Maybe you want to consider buying your pcb material at eBay. That's where
> I've gotten mine. There are sellers for just bare board stock as well as
> presensitized. Here's the seller I've dealt with: abcfab (
> http://myworld.ebay.com/abcfab/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754). Domestic
> USA. 99.9% rating. Very fast shipment. I don't know him or anything, but I
> like to hear about good sellers myself.
>
> I've given passing thought that if I wanted to retrofit a single-sided
> board with a ground plane that I could use adhesive-backed copper-foil
> tape. Some is made explicitly to be conducting (for EMI shielding, etc.).
> Some might be found at craft stores, especially ones that carry
> stained-glass supplies. Care would be needed with this source that the
> material is 1) really copper, and 2) it doesn't have a non-conductive
> coating, though if there's real copper underneath some of the coating could
> be sanded off so connections can be made. I think it could be directly
> solderable, though since it would have a sticky back soldering would need
> to be fast. It fast enough anyway. Besides, it wouldn't matter if the
> adhesive got warm. It'll cool off. I guess one could also use screws and
> lugs to make connections, again mindful of any coating.
>
> In addition to pcb uses, I'm going to try using the foil tape to shield the
> inside of a plastic enclosure, jumpering between the pieces. Wouldn't have
> to be copper. Could be aluminum, tin, etc.
>
> 73,
>
> Todd
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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:38 AM, lex <lex_allen99@...> wrote:
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>> Todd:
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>> I was not anything that super important. The thought of making PCB's on
>> demand and trying to save some $$$ while doing so.
>> I few boards I used to buy and build are no longer being offered. The
>> person who was suppling them has sold out and don't want to buy more. I
>> fully understand his position, why spend 51 for 3 boards?
>>
>> That was it. just maybe better to buy two sided and just go with it.
>>
>>
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