Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
Ok, copper etchants come in many different flavors. The ammonia alkaline are
type the most commonly used for tin or tin/lead metal resists (i.e. pattern
plating). The tin forms near perfect resistance
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Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
By starting off with blank copper cladded board you mean ? then yes.
The process is called "pattern plate" which I think is the most common
method of making through hole boards, both double sided and
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Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
You read my mine this was my next question.
If you
tin/lead
ammonia etch.
Is this the same stuff called Liquid Tin by MG Chemicals and a
similar prodouct by Datak? Or would these get disolved by
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j_hallows <j_hallows@...>
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machine
I didn't mean second hand. I have been looking at the Prototype
plating machines. Like QuickPLATE. But they all seem to use the
process of squeezing conductive ink into the hole manually.
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j_hallows <j_hallows@...>
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
At 04:11 AM 6/03/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@y...> wrote:
>> The cost is not the problem since the carbon dispersion should be
>available
>> free
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
I've been interested the subject of plated through holes for a long
time, however the cost of making 2 sided PCB's is so low it is not worth
the effort to start the mess with chemicals and plating
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Hans <hans@...>
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. Buying a secondhand plating machine
ain't going to make you PCBs. There is long list of processing tanks
required along with an good understanding of the process.
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Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
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I have to admit I tradionally prototype using wirewrap method. I find
this faster with debugging. But since everyone is moving to highspeed
devices with more compact densities, (like PGA), I have no
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
available
enough to
far. The
copper is
a lot
relative to
plating then
rate for
time to get
concern I have
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j_hallows <j_hallows@...>
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any
for
Yes, it simply not worth doing PTH for a hobby. That's why I am selling the
boards I make.
Admittedly up until now they have all been single sided requests.
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Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
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If I had a design with hundreds of boards, or multilayer boards, or
even tens of through-holes on 4 or 5 boards, I think that I could
find better uses of my time than etching them "homebrew" style.
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j.walton@... writes:
Exactly! The only things that would make PTH at home "worth it" would be any
one or combination of the following:
1. The personal "need" to prove "I can DO that!";
2.
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The cost is not the problem since the carbon dispersion should be available
free from one of the large colorant producers. The dye is similarly
available. I got 20 kg of dispersion paste for $130 AU.
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Re: drawing schematics?
I think very highly of CADINT. They now have a free version which is good for up to 250 pins. In fact, you are using the paid for version with a license good for 250 pins. That license is
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I think this product is just for reworking/repairing traces. Also
imagine if I had a board with 10000 holes. Do you think I want to
spend me time coating each hole.
--
John Hallows
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This sounds good. I assume that this is just for hole activation and
standard electroplating is done next to build up the holes. What is
the success rate at home? And estimated costs? I don't want to
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j_hallows <j_hallows@...>
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No doubt it has a use for repairing things that need to be conductive.
I can't see squeezing epoxy into 500-1500 0.032" holes.
Another thing it would not allow through hole connections
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Hans <hans@...>
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Re: Tin Plating
Why not silver plate your PCB. It's easy to do with "CoolAmp".
CoolAmp silver plating powder is applied to a clean PCB with a damp
cloth pad. Simply dip the damp cloth pad into the powder and run onto
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