Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>         I was wondering if any of you have done a ground plane
> on a board. When I mill boards I can use the surrounding copper
> as a ground. With Eagle and other programs I can't find a way to
> keep the extra copper around the traces. I know I can use the other
> side of the board for a ground. I really wanted to stick with a 
> single sided boards.
>                                           Regards  
> 
>                                            John


John,

Have you printed out the tutorial in EAGLE?  If you print it out, you 
will find a section that discusses "Copper Pouring".  I don't know 
why they call it that, but I have used it and after following along 
with the tutorial and doing some projects on my own, I found it to be 
quite easy.  It only takes some practice.

Good luck.

johnman