[sdiy] ground lines

[Brett M. Cummings]

a query...

if (and i haven't made the dubious decision to go and do this quite yet...)
i am laying out a perf board for wiring, can i take all lines that are indicated
to go to ground (y'know, the little triangle-looking thing) and connect them
to the ground on the power supply using insulated stranded hookup wire (like
22 or so)? i was thinking of even installing a seperate, smaller perfboard
underneath the main one to have all these ground lines connect before they
literally 'go to ground.' the idea is that you immediately remove all ground
lines from the rest of the board, freeing up space and theoretically reducing
noise. i know i could use stranded wire to go to do the connection, the real
idea is that all ground lines will be removed immediately, eg, if the schematic
has one side of a resistor going to ground, that side is connected directly
to ground instead of in a ground layout on the rest of the board. hope that
makes sense, and please let me know if i am being amateurish in my search
for a panacea for grounding irritations...

thanks! 

-b