Homebrew PCBs

Have you any photo of the finished via with that methode?

2010/6/7 DJ Delorie <dj@...>

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> In my hunt for easier vias, I picked up some 28 gauge brass wire at
> the local hardware store. This wire is 13 mil diameter, just a bit
> smaller than my usual 13.5 mil holes.
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> Turns out it's not *that* hard to get the wire into the hole, but it
> does tend to stay put once there. The brass is easily soldered too.
> So, I push the wire through until "just enough" sticks out of the
> board, and flux and solder that end. Flip the board, cut as close to
> the PCB as my cutters allow, and flux and solder that side. Unlike
> thinner copper wire, the brass stays put when you solder it.
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> Brass is harder to bend than copper, but it doesn't need to be bent so
> that's not only not a problem, but saves time too :-)
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