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23823
... The only airation i do is with the small fish-tank air pump during etching....
Russell Shaw
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Nov 3, 2009
12:01 pm
23824
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/message/3832 Look in Photos under "Roll Tinning Adapter". Steve Greenfield...
alienrelics
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Nov 3, 2009
12:05 pm
23825
Well if you want software you really can't afford. We use Mentor Graphics for schematic and Zuken for layout here at work.Jim Hannon ...
James Hannon
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Nov 3, 2009
1:44 pm
23826
KiCad, Free Open-Source (GPL), cross-platform (MAC too), schematic capture, project manager, part editors for schematics and footprints, library management,...
drmail377
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Nov 3, 2009
3:19 pm
23827
More power to you on the better tutorials. I been wanting to switch to KiCad to get free 4 layer design, but I expect it will be quite a learning curve. So...
roycepipkins
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Nov 3, 2009
6:37 pm
23828
... That's why i thought trying the tin sulfate from inexpensive pure tin bars (6eur per 250gram bar on the local hardware store). Electrolise them in a...
Simao Cardoso
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Nov 5, 2009
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23829
Hi Royce,  while I'm new at all this and no expert.  Why can't you make four layer boards by the following?   Make a netlist with the traces that you want...
cary heestand
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Nov 5, 2009
3:35 am
23830
... [posting this again now that I'm a member of the group. Hopefully y'all won't get it twice...] I found Markus' site a while ago, and had some difficulty...
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Nov 5, 2009
2:09 pm
23831
Hi Cary, It's because I am an autorouter junkie. I only have so much hobby-time and I believe that using the autorouter saves me a good deal of time. So what...
roycepipkins
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Nov 5, 2009
3:48 pm
23832
I don't think laziness or lack of time is a good reason to use an autorouter or 4 layer boards. You'll spend much more time troubleshooting and stuff if you...
Stefan Trethan
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Nov 5, 2009
4:12 pm
23833
... gEDA's PCB does that. We're working on our third autorouter, but the current core one (#2) is pretty good. Not sure what the best way to eval an...
DJ Delorie
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Nov 5, 2009
4:12 pm
23834
PCB Builders, Here are some examples of my success using Toner Transfer, the later ones are with 5mil traces (just for fun). ...
eldonb46
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Nov 5, 2009
6:46 pm
23835
"send ugly mess to production"... I don't send anything to production. Virtually every board I make is a one-off, is home etched and is part of a competition...
roycepipkins
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Nov 5, 2009
7:17 pm
23836
Hi.. I'm searching for a good, surplus, supplier of single and double sided PCB stock. 0.032" & 0.064". I used to have the web address of a cheap supplier...
wb5kye100
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Nov 5, 2009
7:37 pm
23837
I've been buying dry anhydrous ferric chloride on EBay for $9 a pound. Sorry, don't know about OZ. Can you ship the stuff from the US?...
fredbutz
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Nov 5, 2009
7:59 pm
23838
There's a guy on EBay I buy tons of these board from. He cuts them to any size you want. Its a good deal. Just ook for the guy who cuts to size, thats him....
fredbutz
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Nov 5, 2009
8:03 pm
23839
There are several good suppliers on eBay! that is where I get my boards from Regards mike ________________________________ From: wb5kye100...
michael tenore
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Nov 5, 2009
9:02 pm
23840
I bought several boards from amt33461 on eBay. I was extremely pleased with the price, flexibility, communication, etc. No relation -- just a satisfied...
awakephd
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Nov 5, 2009
10:18 pm
23841
FWIW, I started using Kicad as a complete novice, and have not found the learning curve to be too hard. There are one or two things that work in non-obvious...
awakephd
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Nov 5, 2009
11:17 pm
23842
... Any particular reason you want it without water molecules ? You have to add water for it to etch anyway. People prefer to buy and sell a near saturated 40%...
Adam Seychell
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Nov 6, 2009
1:58 am
23843
You make 4 layer boards at home? When I make the boards myself I spend even more time on a good layout. After all I am the guy who doesn't have to spend time...
Stefan Trethan
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Nov 6, 2009
8:30 am
23844
Apart from ebay (where I also bought my supply) you can try board houses. Often they have cutoffs which they can not use in their production. What is cutoffs...
Stefan Trethan
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Nov 6, 2009
8:34 am
23845
I've made 4 layer boards at home. Not as much fun, but it gets the job done....
DJ Delorie
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Nov 6, 2009
5:15 pm
23846
How do you bond a 4 layer board together? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Trevor White
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Nov 6, 2009
5:23 pm
23847
Imagine an architect came up to your wall-building craftsman, observed his plumb lines and precise right angles and proceeded to tell the craftsman that there...
roycepipkins
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Nov 6, 2009
5:41 pm
23848
The craftsman is merely advising the architect that the straight walls and right angles would make it much cheaper to build and easier for every following...
Stefan Trethan
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Nov 6, 2009
6:23 pm
23849
Although I have not yet attempted it, my expectation is that it will work the same way bonding a 2 layer board out two singled PCBs works. Tape them together...
roycepipkins
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Nov 6, 2009
8:08 pm
23850
... Double sided tape. I adhere the tape to the out layers, drill the "blind" vias (oversized), stick everything together, then drill the through-vias. The...
DJ Delorie
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Nov 6, 2009
9:00 pm
23851
... I (used to) think it's easier to store the anhydride. I started off that way a long time ago and like the exothermic reaction when it dissolves - helps to...
morriso2002
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Nov 7, 2009
4:28 am
23852
I like the idea, but I see a lot of problems at the design stage, in making sure that there is a hole in the outer PCBs to allow soldering, in fact, I think...
Andrew Mathison
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Nov 7, 2009
12:22 pm
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