<div dir="ltr">I hope this doesn't lead the discussion away from Dave's awesome work, but Rick's comment on the trials of soldering fine pitch components on
homemade PCBs without soldermask got me thinking: why solder at all?<br><br><div>One
thing that could make prototyping homebrew single-sided PCBs with SMT components a breeze is 3M's
z-axis tape. You'd just etch the board as per Dave's how-to, put this magic tape between your PCB traces and
components and BAM!<br><br>3M has an elaborate <a href="http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Electronics_NA/Electronics/Products/Product_Catalog/%7E/3M-Electrically-Conductive-Adhesive-Transfer-Tape-9703?N=4294406280+5153906&Nr=AND%28hrcy_id%3A5CP6S9HG9Rgs_LXDB394ZN3_N2RL3FHWVK_GPD0K8BC31gv%29&rt=d">product page here</a> but <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/1656">this product page from Adafruit</a> has a great description on how it works.<br><br></div><div>This stuff's obviously not the right tool for the job on this project, but for other projects that are lower power and not exposed to temperature swings or UV, I think the tape holds a lot of promise... no pun intended.<br></div><div><br></div><b>Jason</b></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-11-16 15:32 GMT-05:00 Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yeah, Dave's board is pretty seggsy...<div><br></div><div>Really makes me want to try milling one...</div><div><br></div><div>I think the whole point of doing a board by hand is to save time on project duration so probably just use larger components... </div><div><br></div><div>I've got a few things in the queue so as soon as I come up with a circuit to make I'm going to try...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Richard Sloan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rsloan@themindfactory.com" target="_blank">rsloan@themindfactory.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">If you are not a pro solder-er then SMT is a bitch without solder mask! even SO8 SO16 type packages which are the most friendly you will repeatedly bridge, it can be done, lots of solder wick!<div><br></div><div>Simple drilling out Daves board with a hand drill is not that hard, been there, done it :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Daves board, which I saw last night, is very nice!</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>R.</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 6:59 PM, greg atcheson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.atcheson@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.atcheson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Consider surface mount, it's easier than you think and there is no drilling!</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 15, 2014 5:35 PM, "Darcy Whyte" <<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">wow, that was fast! I'm still mulling over what circuit to make for my first pcb project. :)<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Software Since '88 <a href="http://siteware.com" target="_blank">siteware.com</a> | Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment</div><div><br></div><div>Canada N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4"</div></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Dave Hunt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@huntgang.com" target="_blank">dave@huntgang.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I etched my very first PCB today, and I used the laser to do it! I thought it worked out rather well other than I have to manually drill the holes now.<div><br></div><div>I put up a post on my blog illustrating the process I followed and I thought I would share it in case others are interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave<br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://blog.huntgang.com/2014/11/15/laser-cutter-pcb-etching-tutorial/" target="_blank">http://blog.huntgang.com/2014/11/15/laser-cutter-pcb-etching-tutorial/</a></div></div></div>
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