Re: DRO BOARDS ARE IN

TADGUNINC@... wrote:

> From: TADGUNINC@...
>
> I have a question for you guys working with the PC boards, are they etched or
> routed? With the cnc's that that Jon, Bill, Dan, etc. have running would
> think an inexpensive way to produce them would be the routing method...Just a
> thought

Well, actually, this is very slow and eats up expensive carbide bits. I have the
capability, but I much prefer etching, for boards I make myself. It is much more
like making a photocopy, where all the complexity of the board is done
simultaneously.

But, for anything over a few, a professionally made, through-hole plated board,
with gold-plated card edge connectors, solder reflowed pads, solder mask and
silk screened legend is much superior to what I do myself.

On the other hand, for a one-off, or an 'I need it today' job, or a prototype which
will be hacked on until it works, a homemade board costs me very little but time.

Jon