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From: "dkesterline" <desterline@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:00 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Etch or drill first?


> Which do you guys do first, etch or drill?
>
> I was thinking that drilling first would help me line up the toner
> transfer, but I'm not sure about etching a drilled board.
>
> Do you get excesive undercutting at the edge of the drilled hole?

Never tried it with toner transfer, but it used to work OK many years ago
when I painted the tracks on. It was especially useful for the few
double-sided boards I made this way as it took cayer of the alignment
problem.

Leon
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