When the board come out of the plating process there is copper all over the surfaces and edges. It is one big copper coated piece at that point.
Later it is etched and trimmed off. Bob Kondner -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Luckey Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [kicad-users] mounting holes At that point there is copper foil on both sides, and the board is still part of a larger panel. Later in the process the board is cut, or routed from the panel. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Albertson Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [kicad-users] mounting holes --- Robert Kondner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They drill the board, run it through an electrode-less process that > leaves a > VERY THIN layer of copper in the hole. Why does the copper only plate out inside the holes and not on the board's edges or on the face of the board? Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________ ________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links
