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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home

2002-03-06 by Adam Seychell

At 12:05 PM 4/03/2002 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 04-Mar-02 08:15:05 Central Standard Time, 
>j.walton@... writes:
>
>
>> Homebrew is great for PROTO's and One-off's, where you would like 
>> something in a couple of hours, but the personal economics quickly 
>> get swamped.  
>
>
>Exactly!  The only things that would make PTH at home "worth it" would be
any 
>one or combination of the following:
>
>1.  The personal "need" to prove "I can DO that!";
>2.   A lack of a professional PC-house within 50 miles, that will do  PTH
for 
>you, essentially "while you wait";
>3.  A need to make PTH boards for a top-secret national-defence project that 
>must be completed TONIGHT;
>
>

Yes, it simply not worth doing PTH for a hobby. That's why I am selling the
boards I make.
Admittedly up until now they have all been single sided requests.

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