No, they use etched boards.  It is a WHOLE lot cheaper and faster to etch them
than to mill them one you get above a quantity of around 1/2 a board.  That is
after you have the equipment to do it.

Personally, I think a home built PC board drill for the holes and photo etched
pre-sensitized boards is the best route for gotta have it today protos.  You
can laser print the artwork and etch a complicated board much better and faster
than milling it.  Now if you could just etch those damn holes.

Sean Breheny wrote:

> I was under the impression that AP circuits used milling equipment, though
> (at least in the cheap proto 1 service). IS theirs just SO much more
> expensive that it overcomes the problems?
>
> Sean
>
> At 02:58 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Limitation was it wouldn't do fine traces (under 20 mil) accurately.
> There was
> >always the whisker of trace from the one side of the cutter.
> >
> >Boards which are not perfectly flat would be cut unevenly.  Made for REAL
> >problems.
> >
> >AP Circuits turned out to be a better deal in the long run.
> >
> >If you're looking at spending that much money, get a Kepro system instead.
> >
> >Andy
> >
>
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