[sdiy] Building on Pad Per Hole?

[Colin Hinz]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Paul Perry wrote:

> "veroboard" is a proprietary name, so (although some companies do!)
> the stuff should be called stripboard or something like that.
> Which might be why it is hard to find when searching for 'vero'.
> here in Australia the Altronics catalog has it as "strip prototype
> board" (but, it is called 'veroboard' in the index!!)

Well, I *do* know this -- and I was searching for "Veroboard" because
I was looking for Vero products specifically. I knew about the little
stripboards which are generic knockoffs, but as far as I know, Vero
was the only source of "Verostrip" as well as the humongous-sized
regular type of stripboards.

> And so far as 'spot face cutters' go, I have one but I'm happier
> with an appropriately sized drill bit in a holder.
> My secret weapon is a stiff wire brush that I scrape the board with
> after soldering (don't do this if you have children, because of
> the lead dust)

I dunno, flux remover has always worked OK for me....

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada