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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] brass tube vias

2017-11-01 by Harvey White

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 17:47:22 +1100, you wrote:

>If you don’t need the holes that’s the easiest way.
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>If you’ve a bunch of them then you can get a long pieces of copper wire, thread it though all of them, solder one side then flip it over to do the other, and finally trim the excess off.
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>Although finding a long piece of suitable copper (or tinned) wire can be surprising difficult at times.

Bare wire is available, I used #26 gauge.

RULE: no vias under surface mount chips, and careful with the ones
under sockets. All through hole parts connect on bottom only. (some
parts cannot be soldered on the top layer). Does work, though.

Harvey

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>I just used component lead wires and solder both sides.
>https://hackaday.io/project/7938-pcb-smt-maker-lab-home
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