Homebrew PCBs

well, a laser printer isn't totally a waste...

I would proto with toner transfer and then when you've got it right,
use a board house to make your 100+ boards (make a bunch of spares). 
Also, you may find interest from others and be able to a larger batch
to share the costs and thus reduce the per board cost.  Also, don't
forget drilling time/tedium.  even with a cnc set up it will take time
to drill 100+ boards.

If you use a board house that will allow you to panelize you may get
significant savings.  A number of them will and some wont.

I did a project where I did 50 boards via TT.  It was actually 8
panels of 7 individual boards so it wasn't that hard.  and it was
mostly surface mount so there wasn't a lot of drilling.

Phil

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Phillips"
<mikep_95133@y...> wrote:
> After looking at Futurlec, maybe I should have not purchased the laser
> printer :) They were very cheap.
> 
> I really like doing stuff my self. Maybe a couple cnc protos is a
> better was to start.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, uhmgawa <uhmgawa@m...> wrote:
> > Mike Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > > So that means the potential of making 104 pcb's plus spares.
> > > It's fairly simple with all the parts on just one side, and smt at
> that.
> > 
> > Wouldn't you consider farming out the production of 100+
> > boards?  I'd be hard pressed to do better on price or
> > quality compared with a commercial board house for this
> > quantity.  Aside from fabing the blank board, assembly
> > also may get a bit old after the first dozen or so boards.
> > 
> > -- 
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