September 4, 200322 yr Hello everybody,Does anyone know of a source in Europe that sells Press-n-Peel film for PCB production?Prefferably in UK, Manchester or London area, but any will do.Thank you!George DorkofikisAthens, Greece
September 4, 200322 yr GeorgeTry Maplin Electronics, they have shops all over the UK (including Manchester and London).They stock Press n Peel and all the chemicals for etching.This is their site : www.maplin.co.ukRegardsMick WoodDerby(Near EGNX East Midlands Airport)UK
September 4, 200322 yr EXCELLENT!Where was this site hidden?!?!?! Appart from the PnP it has some pretty interesting stuff that can make one's credit card to suffer!!!!Thank you very much Mick!George Dorkofikis
September 4, 200322 yr GeorgeGlad to be of help.Yes, it costs me a fortune, can't resist calling in when in town.Are you building FSBUS boards ?I am close to testing mine soon (after Holiday in Malta next week)and then I will be building the cockpit panels throughout the winter months.I spotted a cheap Black and White TV in Maplins (
September 5, 200322 yr Mick, thank you very much for the links. All that I have found by searching the web (Yahoo!, Google) turned out a lot of results but most of them in the US or Hong Kong! And if I order from there I will pay double the price for postage and customs!So I prefer to shop from within Europe to avoid custom charges.Yes, I'll be starting my FSBUS project soon.For starts, I plan building a radio panel with COM1 (Act/Sby), NAV1/2 (Act/Sby), ADF, Transponder, maybe a COM2, and an MCP. The FMC is a very nice dream but will have to wait for a while.Currently I'm investigating where I can find the parts, how to make the board, costs etc.From draft calculations it's much cheaper to make my own boards than have them made for me at a lab. If my calculations are correct and everything goes fine, FSBUS board will need 1 (max 2) sheets of PnP film. The pack of five (5) costs 22.8Eur, so each sheet comes to approx 4.5Eur. If I add the chemicals and actual copper boards I estimate the cost to be around 35-40Eur for all the board that I will need. The labs ask for about 100-150Eur and those are the simple cheap ones!Apart from that, I also build some circuits for home and other hobby use (model trains) so the PnP comes very handy and cheap compared to the Photo proccess.BTW, if anyone reads this, do you know how I can setup GerbView to print multiple boards on the same piece of paper? When I load more than one board of FSBUS, GerbView puts the 2nd/3rd etc on the top of the first! Any solution to this?Thanks again!George DorkofikisAthens, Greece
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