If you have the materials on hand, making one of these boards will be quite a bit faster and cheaper than laying something out and getting it quick-turned. The

If you have the materials on hand, making one of these boards will be quite a bit faster and cheaper than laying something out and getting it quick-turned. The downside is that the quality won’t be as high, you’ll only get a single copy (or however many you make by hand), and you can’t reuse the work in a new design like you could with a CAD design. Still, there are definitely some advantages to being able to whip together a test unit like this.