Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "James Beckham" 
<jbeckham1@e...> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am new to this group and perhaps this isn't news.  However, I 
need to
> make about three boards and in my web search found the following 
company,
> 
> http://www.expresspcb.com/
> 
> They appear to furnish you the software and they do the boards.  
Don't know
> about their quality or anything else, but it seems like a reasonable
> solution for a small number of boards.
> 
> Comments, suggestions, and guidance appreciated.
> 
> Jay Beckham
> Berkeley Springs, WV
> NEW WEB SITE: http://www.south-shore-line.com


If your specifications allow all of your stuff to fit onto a mini-
board, you get 3 copies of one board for $59.00 and it is worth the 
cost if you never do another board, and can use the 3 boards.

Platted thru-holes, but no silk screen.

There are knowck-offs.  pcb123 offers a similar method.

and the new kid on the block is pad2pad.

If you plan on doing more boards in the future, Eagle is a free 
software as is WinQCad and they both offer limited boards.  Eagle 
offers a larger board at 4x3 or something and WinQCad is 2.35 square.
 
I think WinQCad is much easier to learn.

Of course if your board is not complicated, we will help you make it 
yourself, again, if you plan on making mroe in the future it is worth 
it.

If your design is reallly simple you can run down to RadioShack and 
for about $20.00 buy two boards and the chemicals to etch them.  

Dave