Homebrew PCBs

What's wrong with simply sticking a wire through the hole and soldering on 
both sides?

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leon Heller" <leon355@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Copper Foil Vias, Correct URL


> On 18/08/2010 15:00, Malcolm Parker-Lisberg wrote:
>> I tried that method back in the 1980s using a product called Circuitstick 
>> and it is not worth the bother, much too fiddly and slow, difficult to 
>> get a good solder joint between via copper and pad. It does give you a 
>> through hole though. I found it much simpler to solder a thin strand of 
>> copper to the top pad insert the device and solder both on the bottom. I 
>> now just double up and provide an adjacent set of via pads where a 
>> through via is needed on a component lead.
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> Multicore used to sell little inserts that were pressed into the holes,
> flared with a special tool, and then soldered on both sides. They are
> probably still available.
>
> Leon
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> Leon Heller
> G1HSM
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