On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Jason wrote:
>
> I've been considering ordering from http://www.custompcb.com/
>
> They charge $78 for 2 8x11 panels (double sided), with no setup
> fee.  That works out to 44 cents/sq inch.  Of course the price
> drops as you order more.

Note that that price doesn't include soldermask or silkscreen,
which would be one of the main reasons (for me, anyway) to go
to a professionally manufactured board.  The double soldermask
and silkscreen adds another $78 in setup fees to your 8x11 panels,
plus $22 to the board costs ($11/panel.)


> The same place also does 4x5.5" boards, 2 for $18.

Two for $38, according to their web site...
Dual soldermasks add $20 to the small board order cost (2 boards),
and a silkscreen doesn't seem to be available at all.

It is really annoying how hard it is to figure out how much a
simple prototype or two is going to cost at one of these places.
I read custompcb's "panelizing rules" several times and I STILL
can't figure out whether there's a charge for putting multiple
boards on a panel if the customer does the gerber merge...

BillW
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