Homebrew PCBs

On 14/05/2010 13:11, Eddie Stassen wrote:
>

> Pardon my ignorance, but what is FEC-1?
>
> I suspect phenolic, although soft,  may have problems with
> cracking/chipping.

Sorry, I meant CEM-1.

It's a compressed paper/fibreglass composite. The fibreglass is very 
thin, making it very easy to cut and drill. Mega Electronics sells it, 
and Farnell sells something similar. The resist on the Mega Electronics 
material comes away much easier during development.

It's also called FPC-16:

http://www.megauk.com/pcb_laminates.php

Leon
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