Homebrew PCBs

I do not make many comments on anyones reply but this one I Feel that I  must.
I do not think that any one put a gun to your head and made you look at his 
site.  As for the comment  made by you about his site, ony statement, on your 
comment would be much worse than what you said about his site.

Derward Myrick  PE   KD5WWI
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John McCormick 
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:17 PM
  Subject: Re: The FAQ, and maybe why there isn't one. Was Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Best Way to Cut PCB


    
  Ya I agree no offense but that massmind website is terrible.
   
  There's a million poorly placed ads on it and is f-ugly...
   
  Google Sites has free wiki templates and hosting: http://sites.google.com/site/projectwikitemplate_en/

  It would take 15 minutes to recreate all the info on massmind without the ads and have a true wiki style webpage faq.
   
  I would volunteer to just cut and paste info into a google webpage but I'm not an expert by any means.

  --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Piers Goodhew <piers@...> wrote:

  From: Piers Goodhew <piers@...>
  Subject: Re: The FAQ, and maybe why there isn't one. Was Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Best Way to Cut PCB
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
  Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 3:34 AM

  I did look at the massmind site earlier. It didn't seem to have a lot of
  wiki things that I'm used to like auto links, tables of contents, nice clean
  syntax to easily autoformat posts, but I guess I should look again.

  The main reason I haven't volunteered for such a job is that I think you
  need to be prepared to put in at least a year (half a year) actually doing
  it, and I try not to make commitments I'm not certain i can keep.

  But continuing to think aloud, we seem to have less than 10 general topics,
  a page with a bit of a summary and then a URL that finds recent messages
  might be a workable solution.

  E.g. Really roughly:

  *Cutting PCB*

  Methods include Score & Snap, shears and band/rotary saws (using the more
  fine/metal cutting blades). Small PCB's can be effectively cut using score
  and snap, or tinsnips (if smaller than the blade length). Larger boards can
  be cut with larger shears among others. [mention commonly tried things that
  don't work well?]

  Search for forum posts mentioning "cutting PCB":
  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/msearch?query=pcb+cutting&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8

  But it works fairly well now: a newbie turns up, asks the same question, 10
  well thought out answers arrive, several of them completely novel.

  PG

  On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:44 AM, jamesmichaelnewton <
  jamesmichaelnewton@...> wrote:

  >
  >
  > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com <Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>,
  > Piers Goodhew <piers@...> wrote:
  > >
  > > Wandering a little off-topic, but I'll keep it brief.
  > >
  > > One of the interesting things about this group, in my short time in it,
  > is the almost complete lack of consensus - from CAD software to etchant, to
  > TT/pos/neg/dry/wet, right down to the type of glue to use in a tank, they
  > all get about 7 well-argued opinions pretty much covering the full spectrum.
  > >
  > > The lack of an FAQ or wiki or something and the relatively narrow range
  > of topics used to puzzle me, but it's becoming clearer now.
  > >
  > > PG
  >
  > I experienced the same thing when I started reading! I couldn't keep all
  > the different ideas straight in my head so I started building a wiki to
  > organize it all. It's not totally complete, but it is a good start and has
  > most of the common ideas. Please feel free to use the little form at the
  > bottom of each page to contribute your ideas, or register and then "make
  > this page YOURS!" to become a page editor if you like.
  >
  > http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbs.htm
  >
  >  
  >

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