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I wonder if you could pre drill the holes, and just squirt a bunch of ink into them to make a via?
by bigiain 5y ago
I wonder if you could pre drill the holes, and just squirt a bunch of ink into them to make a via?
- Animats 5y agoThat's an interesting idea. It was tried in 2015 as a DIY process.[1] They had a little CNC drilling rig, and they'd use it for both drilling and ink depositing. Don't know if anyone picked up on that. Might not work if you put component pins through via holes. Plated through holes have enough hard metal to withstand that. Conductive ink, maybe not. As usual, making your own boards is more trouble than it's worth. Board making services are cheap and all the DIY processes produce an inferior product to even low-end board services. [1] https://youtu.be/oJyoXwNONho https://youtu.be/oJyoXwNONho