Homebrew_PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mr_gees100_peas"
<geovar13@h...> wrote:

>
> Hi I've ben reading this group for a while and I feel confident
> enough to make my firt PCB. I decided to use the PnP transfer paper
> and iron it on. Right now I manage to transfer my design to a

copper

> bard fairly well. The thing is that I see all those holes and they
> are so smal. I hear some people drill the holes after they etch
> becase they can use the hole as a guide. Well, I tried driling a

few

> holes in a practice pice of copper board nd I keep missing the

mark.

> The board an't een etch yet but I wondering if I should drill the
> holes fist that way I can add more resist in case I screw up.
>
> My second question is about sharpie pen. When I was transfering

my

> desing a few pads and trces did not transfer properly. I took a
> sharpie pen and fille in the missing gap. Will the sharpie resist
> ferric cloride or will it fail?

Wait a minute. Most of you guys are saying that I should drill by
hand instead of by using the press. I thought that what the press was
for to get more accurate drills if that is the correct word. Can you
guys elaborate on why hand drilling is better?