[sdiy] OT: High price of vectorboard

[harrybissell]

wonder what Advanced Circuits would think of a 10" x 15" board
shot full of .040" holes on .100" centers... hold the soldermask,
silkscreen, and copper...

Y'know it might be a viable thing to order... if you got them done in
quantity the price might beat Vector...

mass DIY buy ???

Vectorboard comes in two flavors... a paper/epoxy and epoxy-glass.
The largest size is what I call the "cheap shit"... its big but weak. I use
that for non-critical prototyping... but only use the better epoxy-glass
for finished (roadable) works...

H^) harry



patchell wrote:

>     When you think about it, what you have to do to make vector board is
> not all that different from making a PC board.  Especially if you get
> vector board with etched copper on it.
>
>     I just purchase the Prepunched Insulating Boards (no copper).  An
> 10" x 17" piece is  $36.  I can generally get a lot of smaller pieces
> out of this.  The Vector part number 3662 witch is a 4.5" x 6.5 inch
> board with 44 pin edge connector is $23 (I built a lot of modules in the
> past on this size board).  And yes, when you consider that you can get
> boards from Advanced Circuits for $33 each ($99 min order), yeah, I
> agree, the vector board is kind of expensive.  I am afraid I really
> don't know of anything cheaper.  Vector I can depend on having the
> correct size holes for the T42-1 terminals (which you need, and add to
> the cost of the project as well).
>
> Tim Ressel wrote:
>
> > Yo,
> >
> > I just got a nose bleed from the high prices of
> > vectorboard! Its almost cheaper to have PCBs made than
> > to make protos. Especially if you figure in the
> > time...
> >
> > Anybody know of a cheaper source? All Digikey and
> > Mouser carry is Vector, and the altitude is just too
> > high for my blood...
> >
> > --TR
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