Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:24:09 +0100, Peter Harrison  
<peter_harrison@...> wrote:

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> Curiously enough, that is almost exactly what went through my mind when
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> I first came across the idea of re-melting laser toner onto copper as an
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> Pete


Not really for me. TT, when it's done, leaves a pretty normal board, i had  
no worries there.
But having SMD resistors stuck through it does not leave something  
conventional. So there might be problems later on.
For example, thermal expansion might be something to think about, and not  
properly "seeing" the component another thing.

I'm not against it, but i'm very sceptical about it. also, the holes would  
need to be relatively big. I'd be more comfortable with wire vias, but  
then, i've gotten pretty good at avoiding them alltogether.

But i'm very curious to hear about results.

ST