PCB Etching (1 Viewer)

[chutneyfarmer]

dunno which forum this belongs in really but here goes....

Could anyone on here etch me a pcb for a small relatively simple noise synth I wanna build?? I'll pay ya like.

 

[Tony Ramone]

Can people actually do that DIY?
I know we have to get ones done at work and apparently any time we send a new design it costs a couple of grand to set up the new stencils or whatever.
This is why I've never tried to get a proper one done up for my preamp build, although if someone knows of a cheap place to get 'em done that's be rad.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

yeah you can get kits that let you make them at home. google that shit brah!! it's pretty cool isn't it just don't have the time or patience to do it myself

 

[aoboa]

You need a solderable perf board:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfboard

 

[theoootini]

i think its really straight forward to diy it. my mate has done loads...

 

[aoboa]

i think its really straight forward to diy it. my mate has done loads...

You need chemical etching kits or that UV sensitive pcb material and a UV lightbox to do DIY pcbs.
Perf boards are what almost all decent prototyping is done on - either the solder or wire wrap type.

 

[theoootini]

yeah i've done a few things in perfboard, can get a bit messy..

i think this is how my mate does it (hanley from on here). iron on pcb transfer and then a soak in the acid stuff. this guys drills holes first for some reason. drill after.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

It's all good. My man Shawn at Sirkut Electronics is mailing one out to me this week. Thanks lads!