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James Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 May 2007 06:31:22 -0500
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Dave,

Well, all I know is that tax title and license, I'm paying $68.00 for 5
boards. The extra $18.00 is for shipping & handling.

One caveat is that these are small boards. They tend to go by square
inches - and this board falls in the 10 sqin or smaller category. For 10-12
sqin, the price is $12 per board, or $60 + shpg&hndlg.

I had to work like crazy getting my board down to the 10 sqin, so that I
could get the $10/board price (but it was fun - I like a challenge).

Also - these boards are complete with soldermask and silkscreen. I noticed
on one site where one could get cheap boards, sans silkscreen and
soldermask. While this is okay, I prefer to have it for small run boards -
if I can get it cheap enough.

Regards,

James Jackson
Oztronics



-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dave
Sharples
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] Cheap and Fast PCBs (Wham Bam!)


Hi James,

I have forwarded all mails Re: [DC] Cheap and Fast PCBs (Wham Bam!) to the
boards shop down the road
to get there response. If you include tooling and origination in the $50.00
you have a good price. If not then
my Guys will be close for boards that are not cheap and nasty.
http://www.trax.co.za

Regards,


Dave Sharples
+27 (0) 72 379 5824
+27 (0) 21 851 8350
www.pcbdesign.co.za

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DC] Cheap and Fast PCBs (Wham Bam!)


I've used Advance Circuits (the popcorn guys) before, but I am not so
interested in getting 10 to 20 prototypes as I am in getting 1 to 5
prototypes.

AdVanced Circuits seems to have a $400 price tag on any prototypes - in
small
quantities (with silkscreen & soldermask). This is pricey for me, when I am
interested in getting 1 board to proof the circuit (beyond my hacked-
prototype, that is).

So, I found a company called... PCBFabExpress (www.pcbfabexpress.com) that
offers 5 boards for $50.00. (plus shipping & handling)

I opted for the 10 day turn... as I am more interested in low cost than I am
in quick-turn. The jury is still out on their quality - I haven't gotten the
boards yet.

Regards,

James Jackson
Oztronics




Quoting Jack Olson <[log in to unmask]>:

> I know there have been a few discussions lately
> about ExpressPCb and other freeware, but this
> question is a little different....
>
> I am being told that PCBExpress can do 1-day
> turns for around $100. None of my current vendors
> are like that, they charge more like $1000 locally.
>
> Now I am being asked to take a little test board
> that I ALREADY HAVE GERBER DATA for, and
> recreate it in PCBExpress just to get it for $100
> by the weekend.
>
> Does anyone have vendors that take gerbers who
> are competitive with this?
>
> wham bam,
> Jack
>
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