As a followup to my recent introduction and questions, I've got two more questions (well, two more for now ... !) 1) How many of you fabricate your own boxes in which to mount your projects? For the latest board, I fabricated a box out of some thin sheet steel, snipped to shape with tin snips, bent with a vise and hammer, and tack welded the seams. It is workable, but crude. I'm sure there's a better way? 2) Both of my recent efforts with TT have been double-sided layouts. The first time, I tried to align using the edges of the board; the second time, I thought I had gotten smart (based on something I read here or elsewhere), and I lined up the two prints using a bright backlight, then stapled them together to make a "pocket" into which I inserted the board. Both methods gave me boards that were usable, but not as closely aligned as I had hoped -- the second was marginally better, but still off in some places by maybe .010" - .020". What's the secret to getting a perfectly aligned double-sided board?
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Two followup newbie questions: making boxes, and aligning layers
2009-02-22 by awakephd