Homebrew PCBs

Derek,
      My shock was not being able to redo my board with
Eagle. I have yet to hear from the board houses I 
contacted.

                         John



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
> John,
> I could see the shock. The board house should have caught that with 
drill
> holes in the middle of nothing. Go figure.
> It's nice to have a large copper surface for heat dissipation.
> See if you had let me make your boards you wouldn't have had that 
problem:)
> I always talk to my customers.
> Derek
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: crankorgan
> 
> 
> Hi Derek,
>          I got a real shock with this! I was milling circuit
> boards and selling them. I decided to have a circuit board
> house make the boards. Besides none of them answering my Emails,
> I realized I used the copper left around the traces for the
> ground. This is the same method I used years ago when I used to
> draw my traces on the board. I learned the more copper I left on
> the board the better the acid would work. Now this looks like my
> method has come back to bit me in the butt!
> 
>                                           John
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > In PC logic's Circuit Layout you can draw a square or rectangle 
and
> fill it
> > with a cross hatch.
> > So you just draw your normal board then fill in the areas you want
> with the
> > cross hatch. Time consuming not automatic but at least you can do
> it.
> > Derek
> >