OK now that I see an implied benefit in electroformed stencils I would like to talk to anybody who has used one. Was the benefit 1% better? 100% better? We have 12 mil round 30 mil pitch BGA plus leadless chips (LLC) and 20 mil resistor networks 16 mil fine pitch IC's. Laser cut did not do well for us we spent a lot of engineering time getting the boards to print. Contact me if you have experience. Dave Chapman MFG. Engineer Circuit Service --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------