Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 21 May 2003 07:56:44 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello to everyone.
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>My name is Marty Grove, and I have been around the printed circuit board
>manufacturing business for quite a few years.  I found this group a few
>weeks ago when searching Yahoo groups for "printed circuit board".  I have
>been lurking ever since, and I'm fascinated at what several of you are
>accomplishing!
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>Anyway, one question I do have is: what are you doing with the circuit
>boards you are building?  Are they for private use, are you selling them
>(kind of like a small-scale quick-turn business), or is this simply a hobby.
>to see it's possible to make quality boards using homebrew techniques?  I'm
>simply curious about this.
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>Anyway, all the best.  Hope you all don't mind if I sit back and watch all
>of your progress.  I might jump in from time to time to ask additional
>questions, and who knows. I might start making some boards of my own out in
>the garage!
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>Marty

Marty,

Welcome :-)

I thnink you will find many why people joined this list. Personally
I'm here to learn about how other people  do their PCB's always
looking for ways to improve my own technology. The reason I make my
own PCB's is that I'm often in the need of getting prototypes and
where I live (Switzerland) this is either VERY time consuming (3 weeks
and up) or then extremly expensive (i.e. a 3X3" four layer board is
available in 3 days, but the PCB (no parts no soldering no fine pitch
no small holes just the PCB) would then cost ~$1500 - a bit pricey :-(

Anyways, I'm currently building a plating through station (which I
thought I would be finish some time ago alreay but that's how it often
goes) and I do hope that thereafter I will be able to produce four
layer boards for prototypes on my own. Of course, plating through will
also allow me to speed up getting two layer boards done. As
previousely promised, I will put picutres of it online as soon as I'm
ready (no, I don't say today or this weekend anymore :-)) )

Markus