Homebrew PCBs

Imagine an architect came up to your wall-building craftsman, observed his plumb lines and precise right angles and proceeded to tell the craftsman that there was no good reason to make such a common wall. Imagine the architect told the craftsman that anything worth building should have graceful curves, soaring arches and should endeavor to lift the human spirit.

I think your craftsman might be quite surprised at the architect's low opinion of craftsman's precise work.

I'm not surprised at the craftsman's opinion of quality nor am I surprised at the architect's differing opinion of the same. But I do wonder why the architect did not choose to simply inspire the craftsman with the architect's own work instead of creating a negative image of himself and his work by espousing, unasked for, a negative opinion of the craftsman's work. 

Anyway, I do not make 4 layer boards at home. I merely wish to. The technique has been described to me on these boards and I'm eager to give it a whirl as part of my next project. 

Regards,
Royce











--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> You make 4 layer boards at home?
> 
> When I make the boards myself I spend even more time on a good layout.
> After all I am the guy who doesn't have to spend time drilling all the
> vias...
> 
> We don't have to agree on the issue, I understand that for some people
> a PCB is just a means to connect stuff. Just don't be surprised to
> meet people that very much consider PCB layout an art, or at least
> something to be optimized.
> 
> A window is just to keep the cold air out, and a wall is just to
> separate rooms, and yet most craftsmen include orderly implementation
> and neat appearance in their definition of a job well done.
> 
> ST
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:16 PM, roycepipkins <royce.pipkins@...> wrote:
> > "send ugly mess to production"... I don't send anything to production. Virtually every board I make is a one-off, is home etched and is part of a competition robot. The bot must be ready by competition time or whatever amount of time I have spent will have been wasted.
> >
> > Forgive me, but I think your needs and most common use-cases are pretty different than mine. My focus is on the robot as a whole. The PCB is just one part of a larger project.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Royce
> >
>