Homebrew PCBs

On 09/04/13 08:43, Stefano Cillo_cillino25@... wrote:
> could you please give the link for the rivets you mean?
> I searched for them in Taobao but it wasn't so easy to navigate.
>

These are the ones which were 0.8mm external diameter
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=3910579161&spm=2014.12328642.0.0
( all items that this seller has: 
http://pcb1.taobao.com/search.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w615647138.1.cPuiVP )

TIP: When using *.taobao.com sites, use Chrome and it will do a 
reasonable job of auto translation, couple of notes, "Baby" means Item, 
all prices on taobao.com are shown are CNY (yuan), sometimes google 
changes the � symbol into $ during translation, but the price is still CNY.

If you buy from Taobao, you will need to use a buying agent, I would 
recommend Bhiner.com for this purpose they have the best system. You 
should expect to pay about $10 USD extra on the order for china shipping 
and agent fees, and then whatever the international shipping is.  
Bhiner's system shows the item prices to you converted to USD by default 
(you can change at the top of the screen).  It's a good idea to have a 
look at the other things the same seller has to see if there is anything 
else you'd like in the same order, it amortizes the domestic shipping 
cost (seller to agent shipping), but remember to think about how heavy 
the order is for the international shipping!

On the right edge of the Bhiner site's pages is a Shipping Calculator 
click that, then when it opens click "Small Packet (Only Below 2kg)" the 
rivets weigh nearly nothing, looks like HKPOST SMALL to Italy is only 
about $3.65 USD for 100 grams.

I wrote a more in depth review/guide of Bhiner here:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51351#p51351
check the rest of that thread for other agent experiences.




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