Homebrew PCBs

Seems like strip-board is not a good choice for this application.  You 
would be better off using perfboard with pads.  It would take less time 
to run jumpers than to re-invent strip-board.

It would also be easier to just make a PCB as long as you have the 
etching capability.

js

On 10/8/2013 9:52 AM, arvidj01 wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> To be clear about what I am trying to do.
>
> This is what the stripboard looks like ...
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StripBoard.png
>
> and the copper that I want to remove is between two of the holes.
>
> The leads of the leds will go into two adjacent holes in the trace. If I
> don't cut the trace between the holes there will be an obvious short
> between the leads. Regretfully I can not mount the leds so they go from
> trace to trace the way I assume was intended by the manufacturer.
>
> I have seen the "cutter" that is designed for these boards and
> regretfully they cut the copper "at the hole" rather than "between the
> holes".
>
> I don't think lifting the trace is an option as I need the trace to be
> be attached to the board for the led leads.
>
> Hope that helps describe what I am trying to do.
>
> 

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