--- peter green <plugwash@p10link.net> wrote:
> James Newton wrote:
> > Exactly, but has anyone deposited solder or solder
> paste to form traces and
> > larger pads on such a board? 
> >
> >   
> I don't see it working, as soon as solder melts it
> tends to form up into 
> balls, joining two things that aren't actually
> touching with solder is 
> actually quite hard unless you absoloutely flood the
> area with solder.

Remember the olden days as an alternative to jumpers
you would see pairs of pads meant to be joined by
solder? They would be triangular or half-circles so
the solder would naturally want to bridge over.

So perhaps that idea could be worked into this one,
where a "pad" was actually a multidirectional grouping
of semicircles joined at the center by thin traces.
Say in four (or six if you're from honeybee stock)
directions. Or if you had the luxury of a soldermask
layer you could just do a clever pattern for the mask
that might push the solder towards the edge because of
the shape.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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