Homebrew PCBs

In a message dated 03-Jun-02 19:22:33 Central Daylight Time, 
john@... writes:


> The board I am using costs $2 for a 4" X 6".  I suspect there is a better 
> board out there. The board I use is a light brown color.

Whew!  The nearest professional PCB house to me (ten miles?) THROWS OUT any 
FR-4 (double-sided copper) less than 100 mm. wide, as that is too small to 
work in their processing-machinery ("overhead waste").  I can get enough in 
my grubby sticky little fingers for four or five years of tinkering for FREE! 
   It is CLEAN and bright, too!  Sheared from big factory-sheets, and "set 
aside".    They may have caught on, by now, and now SELL it for all I know.  
Been couple years since my last visit, there.    



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