Mind you, I said "drilling cost". Not "punching cost". Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Denk" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [EE] Sources for Veroboard in North America? > Although drilling individual holes, usually as a gang setup, but due to > spacing, probably needs a transfer table to increment for the holes > between the minimum gang hole spacing, or a NC to drill individual holes > (or gangs) is much more time consuming, and the initial cost of the > equipment and maintenance including drill bits is not inexpensive. The > gang punching of all holes at once does have an equipment and tooling > cost including replacement punches and die plates which I wouldn't call > near zero either. I wouldn't want to guess which is least expensive, > might be dependent on equipment available from other jobs. :) > > >> So the drilling cost is virtually zero. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist