Re: circuit board makers

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Actually, for large board runs, I do use vendors in China to make my boards.
However, the cost is still high for
small numbers, but for about 1000-10000 boards, it only costs about $0.50
per board (8x10" typically)

Dan



 > Ha, it might be cheaper to just have your "prototype" mass produced by
some
 > com-bloc sweat shop than to just build a few yourself.
 >
 > KEN
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:13 PM
 > Subject: Re: circuit board makers
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Welcome to the real world.  The prices quoted previously are dirt cheap
 >  > compared to what some prices cost.
 >  > For example, take a small 4 layer board with silkscreen for 2 pcs and
 > price
 >  > will be about $500.00.
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > At the nonsense prices the places charge, it shoud be solid gold,
 >  >  > autographed and presented in a display case.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > BUT, it's not the case. They won't even cut stuff for you.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > KEN
 >  >  >
 >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:51 PM
 >  >  > Subject: RE: circuit board makers
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  >  > <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > >They seem to only make really "small" boards of a fixed size
 > useless
 >  > to
 >  >  > me.
 >  >  >  > >The prices look pretty extreme as well. At something like $100
per
 > two
 >  >  > board
 >  >  >  > >it better be some master craftman union people making that board
by
 >  > hand
 >  >  >  > >with a chisel.
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > at 50% a board it better be 4 layer, solid gold on your choice of
 > color
 >  >  > and
 >  >  >  > pattren and meterial pcb (includeing solid steel for extra
 > strength..
 >  > YES
 >  >  >  > you CAN get STEEL pcb, they use a small insulative layer beween
the
 >  > steel
 >  >  >  > and traces and only use SMT stuff, iv seen a few small servo
motors
 >  > with
 >  >  >  > PCB's printed on there metal
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >
 >
 >
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