Homebrew PCBs

I agree with you, inkjet may well turn out to be the most efficient  
overall.
EDM would do away with the need for chemical etching.
It would go that one step further towards making things easier, but it  
remains to be seen if the limits and problems do not far outweigh that  
advantage. Especially resolution and speed are things that i'm not at all  
confident will work out sufficiently.

ST


On Wed, 03 May 2006 19:44:33 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

> Inkjet is preeminiently reliable, with low costs and little extra work
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> for etching.  Far more likely to have to watch the EDM or have more
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> often mechanical problems, plus wire and electricity isn't zero either,
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> even expensive ink will work out very low cost per board when it's only
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> used for PCB.  All things considered it's unlikely to actually beat out
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> the inkjet, and even if it did it'd be so marginal for the extra work of
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> setting it up and keeping things running.  Doing it for fun is one thing
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> since it'll be very cool, but if you're expecting practicality I doubt
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> it'll work out too well, just hard to see it coming out ahead by enough
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> to make a difference.
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>
> Alan