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02/26/09 23:10
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#162919 - Indeed! But useless for anything else.
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I suspect it's because he's using dull tools and perhaps using them entirely too long. The software probably doesn't allow him to hurry the feed rate, else that's a suspect, too. It's not my choice, and, God be thanked, not my worry.

He produces pretty good boards, drills holes down to 5 mils, registers his solder mask to well within 0.1 mm, and gets his multilayer boards to work. Of course, he produces that stuff chemically.

I get my boards from the PRC, and they cost much less than what I have to pay here, and they're right the first time, and electrically tested. The local guys get it right ... eventually ... <sigh> ... but not soon enough, and they can't easily produce the 3-mil tracks on 6-mil centers, and can't register layers or mask any closer than 3 mils, which is what folks claimed 15 years ago.

That's why I wire-wrap the stuff I have to have "today."

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TopicAuthorDate
PCB prototype            01/01/70 00:00      
   How does the LPKF machine do as a drill?            01/01/70 00:00      
      tool life            01/01/70 00:00      
         Well, I just guessed ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Expensive Drill            01/01/70 00:00      
               Indeed! But useless for anything else.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Expensive? Yes. Useless? ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     True enough!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Dull Tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                           dull tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                              10 mil end mills            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Wet ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Air cooled only            01/01/70 00:00      
   Plating??            01/01/70 00:00      
      plating            01/01/70 00:00      
         I figured as such            01/01/70 00:00      
   very good quality            01/01/70 00:00      
   Impressive but..            01/01/70 00:00      
      Prototyping prices            01/01/70 00:00      
         Very interesting approach            01/01/70 00:00      
            PCBExpress            01/01/70 00:00      
               Sunstone Circuits            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sunstone            01/01/70 00:00      
                  P.S. Welcome back            01/01/70 00:00      
               Now-a-days...            01/01/70 00:00      

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