Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: making PC boards

Or, for an even better deal see: http://www.olimex.com/pcb.html

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:30:47 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>
>There is a local company that for $150.00 CDN ( about $100.00 USD )
>will make me a pair of 5" x 8" double sided boards, plated through,
>with silkscreen and solder mask on both sides, in 5 days.
>
>The quality is EXTREMELY high - this is not a rot gut operation, but a
>company that specializes in prototypes for the local high-tech industry.
>
>The few caveats are no more than 12 different hole sizes, no holes
>smaller than 0.020", no traces smaller than 0.008" and NO routing - the
>boards are a 5" x 8" rectangle, simple as that.
>
>What I have taken to doing is to layout a main project and if it's
>smaller than 5x8, filling in the remainder with other little snippets
>of boards, all separated by a long line of 0.030" holes. This allows
>me to score along the holes with a sharp knife and then snap the baords
>apart.
>
>I'll frequently stuff 5 or 6 little projects on a single 5x8.