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Circuit Board Materials

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8/20/2004 9:57 PM
Dan	Circuit Board Materials Question about the board material. Is there a board material 1/6" or 1/8" that is common enough to get at a Hardware store or another type of local store?? Thanks!!

8/21/2004 5:14 PM
DD	Perf board from radio shack works well. The only draw back is that it has the "perf board" look to it. But who cares.

8/21/2004 7:42 PM
Dan	How does plexiglass work? Or some other common material?? (I guess plexi might melt from the soldering gun?)

8/21/2004 10:26 PM

Plexiglass as board material

Dan -

Yes plexi melts from the soldering gun. I also had problems with it cracking from drilling and setting the turrets(I imagine eyelets would be just as bad).

For a cheap and easy source of board material try McMasterCarr. Grade" target="_blank">http://www.mcmaster.com/param/asp/PSearch2.asp?reqTyp=parametric&act=psearch&FAM=plastics&FT_128=563&FT_101=46159&FT_130=1622&FT_136=1003&FT_133=582&FT_1290=49284&FT_1339=53167&FT_131=24371&FT_1200=46167&session=plastics,128=563,101=46159,136=1003,1290=49284,1339=53167,131=24371;133=582;130=1622;1200=46167&sesnextrep=421986098626965&ScreenWidth=1024&McMMainWidth=0">Grade XX is cheap, can be ordered in a 3" by 48" strip (did I say cheap? $4.50 per strip) and M-C ships quickly.

The perfboard from Radio shack works good for breadboarding stompbox circuits, but is not good as tagboard or eyelet board.

-Todd

8/22/2004 10:21 AM
bob p	afaik, standard plexiglass isn't fire retardent, is it?

8/22/2004 12:04 PM
Dan	Plexi is not fireproof. I went to that McMaster site. I came up with a fiberglass product using thier search function.

8/22/2004 8:47 PM
DD	Re: Circuit Board Materials Plexiglass releases toxic gases when it melts even slightly. In a closed area the fumes can actually kill you. Use it at your own risk in a situation involving hot tubes.

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