Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Young" <mikewhy@s...> wrote:
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> One last question: which is worse? singleside SMT with some air 
wires, or 
> double side with a bunch of drilling for vias and through-holes?
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Anything that cuts down on drilling is good by me.  I do double sided 
smt with some vias made with a bit of copper wire if space is tight.  
If you are feeling cheeky you could just put big pads in and solder 
your jumpers to them without the hole.  

In my opinion drilling is the worst bit of diy as it is the one job 
that gains no/minimal efficiency the more boards you make.  Everything 
else like etching and cleaning gets more efficient if you do batches of 
boards.

Additionally I have found that double sided smt is easier to design 
that double sided through hole as you are not forever dodging pads.

Mike