Homebrew PCBs

Hi guys,

Has anyone had a play with these yet?
http://uk.farnell.com/cif/bg9-s/rivets-%C3%B8-0-8mm-qty-100/dp/1783593
http://uk.farnell.com/cif/bg10-s/rivets-%C3%B8-1-1mm-qty-100/dp/1783594
http://uk.farnell.com/cif/bg9/metalization-kit-0-8mm/dp/4208742

They make them in 0.8 and 1.1mm sizes (drill size 1.3 or 1.6mm 
respectively), and they cost about £8 (from RS) for a bag of a hundred 
rivets. I wonder if they'd be of much use for high density work; even 
with 2.54mm pitch DIPs you'd have trouble running a track between two 
adjacent rivets.

The insertion tool appears to be a modified automatic centre punch; RS 
have it listed under P/N "BG11" (same as on CIF's website), but Farnell 
only list the rivets (BG9.S and BG10.S) and the BG9 "metallization kit", 
which isn't listed on CIF's website. Is the BG9 a cheaper version of the 
insertion tool, or just a bag of rivets, or something else entirely?

At £8.44 +VAT I'm tempted to put one on my next order (I need some thin 
carbide drills and 512K RAM chips anyway) but was just curious if any 
listmembers had used these.

Thanks,
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Phil.
ygroups@philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/