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Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by mrfusion on Sunday November 11, 2018 @08:23PM (#18429928)
Wow these services are getting cheap. That’s really awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by markrages on Sunday November 11, 2018 @10:26PM (#18430381)
Even cheaper (both senses of the word) are Chinese shops like jlcpcb and allpcb.
Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by ddeck on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:33PM (#18430606)
Strange Parts[1] made a great factory tour video of the JLC facility in China for anyone that interested in such things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljOoGyCso8s

[1] https://strangeparts.com/

Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by hoaw on Monday November 12, 2018 @04:10AM (#18431436)
Scotty is doing a good job of catching everyone up on what is going on in China. Chinese manufacturers have been putting out 10x10x10 boards for 50 RMB ($7 USD) for many years now. Rush order (24 hours)? Another 50 RMB. Yellow solder mask? Also another 50 RMB. Once you start talking about 4 layer, flex, rgba solder mask or other customization the difference is even greater.
Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by jetrink on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:12PM (#18430532)
I used a cheap* Chinese service recently and the quality was excellent. They're a great option if the dimensions of your design make OSH Park's by-the-square-inch pricing uneconomical. In addition, the boards were delivered in under a week.

*100mm x 150mm x 2 layer x 10pc order for $44

Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by ddeck on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:27PM (#18430586)
If you can squeeze your board down, 100 x 100mm seems to be the sweet spot with the cheap Chinese board makers that I've used [1].

10 boards under 100x100 are typically around $5-10, whereas a 10mm more pushes it to around $30

JLC are currently showing me some sort of promotional pricing of $2 for 10 x 100x100mm 2-layer boards (+$6 shipping - I'm close), which is ridiculously cheap.

[1] https://jlcpcb.com, https://www.pcbway.com

Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by setquk on Monday November 12, 2018 @02:53AM (#18431189)
I’ve done a ton of those boards with JLCPCB now. I think possibly 200 boards. It’s ridiculously cheap.

They’re the best of the lot as well.

I’ve tried others but they all seem to have layer registration problems or screw up the edges of your boards when panelising them (OSHpark do that)

Re:Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies by esmi on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:10PM (#18452151)
Thanks for the links I didn't know about these services.

They use TG-130 or TG-140 which are lower temperature (130C/140C) FR4 board ratings. The surface may melt when de-soldering at high temperature. I usually prefer TG-170/TG-180 boards as I find them to be more reliable during rework.

But can't argue with those prices. :)