You are right, there is very little point in making a PCB yourself these days.
I did not know PCBway, thanks for the hint.
Another problem I have is that I just can not match the quality (PTH etc.) at home with reasonable effort....
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 2:57 PM, richard@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I'm really not wanting to start a war, or drag up discussions that have already been fully discussed, so please ignore or delete if this if it's contentious.
I've spent 40+ years in the electronics industry, and made my own home boards through a lot of that, but have you seen the price you can buy finished boards for now?. It really questions whether if it is financially worth making your own. As an example, Pcbway will make 10off through hole plated boards, up to 100mm x 100mm (4" sq), solder resist both sides, legend both sides, routed how you want, for 13 US dollars and quality is excellent. Bigger boards are more expensive, but still rediculously cheap compared to domestic boards. ITead are even cheaper and there are many more Chinese companies making cheap boards of good quality. Only downer is delivery - you've got to wait ~3 weeks or pay 25 dollars for a courier.