lets see your custom etched PCBs!

[stan]

i just finished a really cool one today. the traces are on one side, and the component side has a gnarly design etched into the copper.

[Adehtla]

Haha! This is someone who has WAY too much free time...

[Satex]

Last time I etched one myself I was in high school. Using the online protoshops is pretty cost effective, especially since 4 mil traces are difficult to draw.

[chiefcrash]

still working on mine. making a sound card o-scope probe. I'm gonna try to use the laser printer toner transfer method and make a 2 sided board...

[professionalcoyotehunter]

Why waste my time when I can get someone else to do it for me?

[chiefcrash]

Why waste my time when I can get someone else to do it for me?

cause when you make it yourself, it makes you a bada**...

[gunn]

... either that, or you get a serious high from the nasty caustic chemicals.
-g

[professionalcoyotehunter]

cause when you make it yourself, it makes you a bada**...

When I get someone else to make it, it puts me in charge.

[Nessal]

I remember drawing on PCB and then dipping it into acid etch to make my own circuit boards. Awesome times in high school. Do they even have those programs anymore nowadays?

[Turbinator]

Same here, did the acid bath etch after drawing on the copper with a permanent marker. Was told not to let the acid boil, it gets dangerous.. so next thing I know, the acid is boiling. Yikes! Turned it down, nothing bad happened. Lab partner and I had a laugh about it afterwards.

Turby