> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@a... WWW: http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if
I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list
have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@a... WWW: http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
I recently switched from apcircuits to epcircuits ·http://epcircuits.uniserve.com ) because they offer a solder mask option
with their low-priced 4-day prototype service. With about 500 thru holes per
board, I found I was bound to create some unwanted solder bridges onto my
ground planes without a solder mask.
Dennis
> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if
I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list
have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@abstractsoft.com············· WWW:·http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
>
> This is an interesting idea. Perhaps one could drill four holes in each PCB
> seperately. make sure they're corner holes. Then line up the boards and
> run pins through the holes. After you clamp them, they should be perfectly
> aligned.
>
> I think I'll give this a try.
>
> Paul
If you are using crudely cut pcbs (I usually can't cut very straight)
try this:
1. stack your boards and align them as carefully as you can, then clamp
them securely.
2. using a hacksaw blade, dremel tool or whatever cut a distinct
orientation notch near one corner of the stack to aid in positioning
the stack should you need to restack for any reason. (forgot a hole)
3. drill your corner holes for a tight slip fit for your mounting
hardware (4-40 6-32 or what have you).
4. as you drill each corner slip a bolt through each hole and snug a nut
down on it. This will help ensure good alignment and good clamping.
5. once the corners are bolted, procede with your pattern drilling
Obviously you want these bolts to be just long enough to do the job,
since protruding bolts would interfere with the drilling.
--
Jerry A. Covington jerry@p...
Comments
> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@a... WWW: http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
http://epcircuits.uniserve.com ) because they offer a solder mask option
with their low-priced 4-day prototype service. With about 500 thru holes per
board, I found I was bound to create some unwanted solder bridges onto my
ground planes without a solder mask.
Dennis
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Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] RE: How to make a PCB for my minature Robot
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Gregory Wagner wrote:
> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if
I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list
have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@a... WWW: http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
Thanks a lot Dennis and Sean. I shall further get in touch with them and see what kinda stuff they've got and the prices.
thanks again
nagi
Original Message
From: Dennis P. O'Leary [noparse]/noparse][url=mailto:doleary@hsc.usc.edu]mailto:doleary@hsc.usc.edu[/url
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:58 PM
To: basicstamps@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] RE: How to make a PCB for my minature Robot
I recently switched from apcircuits to epcircuits
·http://epcircuits.uniserve.com ) because they offer a solder mask option
with their low-priced 4-day prototype service. With about 500 thru holes per
board, I found I was bound to create some unwanted solder bridges onto my
ground planes without a solder mask.
Dennis
Original Message
From: Sean T. Lamont .lost. [noparse]/noparse][url=mailto:lamont@abstractsoft.com]mailto:lamont@abstractsoft.com[/url
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:15 PM
To: basicstamps@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] RE: How to make a PCB for my minature Robot
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Gregory Wagner wrote:
> Babu, Nagi -*Contractor wrote:
>
> >I live in Minnesota. Do any of you guys know of a board maker shop here.
> >I'd like to get abt 5 boards done. I like the idea of a shop making it
> >than me doing it myself - not to mention, I will for sure screw it up if
I
> >did the boards myself.thanks
> >nagi
>
> Not in Minnesota, but check out Alberta Printed Circuits at
> <http://www.apcircuits.com/>. I recommend them and others on this list
have
> too.
I had a very good experience with apcircuits. Quick turnaround,
professional quality, not terribly expensive.
Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@abstractsoft.com············· WWW:· http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson
>
> This is an interesting idea. Perhaps one could drill four holes in each PCB
> seperately. make sure they're corner holes. Then line up the boards and
> run pins through the holes. After you clamp them, they should be perfectly
> aligned.
>
> I think I'll give this a try.
>
> Paul
If you are using crudely cut pcbs (I usually can't cut very straight)
try this:
1. stack your boards and align them as carefully as you can, then clamp
them securely.
2. using a hacksaw blade, dremel tool or whatever cut a distinct
orientation notch near one corner of the stack to aid in positioning
the stack should you need to restack for any reason. (forgot a hole)
3. drill your corner holes for a tight slip fit for your mounting
hardware (4-40 6-32 or what have you).
4. as you drill each corner slip a bolt through each hole and snug a nut
down on it. This will help ensure good alignment and good clamping.
5. once the corners are bolted, procede with your pattern drilling
Obviously you want these bolts to be just long enough to do the job,
since protruding bolts would interfere with the drilling.
--
Jerry A. Covington
jerry@p...