Making Prototype PCB Boards

This post is electronics related and is a variation of one of my inventions on the inventions page. It is accompanied by the 3 pictures below. For most people PCB layout and etching services are beyond their pocketbook and when developing new products etching services are even more expensive because of the low number of PCB’s ordered. This is a way to avoid all services at the same time and speed up your R&D. The pictures below are 1. a Dremel stand 2. Copper coated blank G10. and 3. a x-y table for drill press. A Dremel is a common household tool sold almost anywhere tools are sold. It can be fitted with drills carving bits sand paper etc. The top picture is a Dremel stand (sold seperately from the Dremel) that can be an accurate drill press for drilling holes in your PCB (G10 blank copper). The middle picture is of G10 blank copper. The third picture is a low profile x-y table that could be positioned under the Dremel stand, it could hold the G10 and be used to ‘carve’ away the copper instead of etching. You would have to do your own layout but building the actual prototype would be much faster and cheaper. If you need to pass the connection from top to bottom, instead of plating a hole, you could drill the hole and fill it with a bare copper wire or a piece of very thin copper tubing.