Printing your own PCBs is impressively nerdy.
But for the hassle of doing it yourself, isn't £5.50 an inch comparatively cheap?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:02, 1 reply)

Nah - for this board alone it worked out at over 200 quid all in. Oddly, if I ordered 10 it was the same price. If I ordered 100 it was the same price. I guess all the work goes into the first one.

Now I have refined the process a bit I can make these boards in about 40 minutes (depending on the size) - start to finish including the drilling and soldering.
(dchurch bah, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:06, closed)

Is that board 30odd square inches?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:09, closed)

I suppose it is
The quote they gave me was after sending the diagram to them.

To be honest, this was much more fun than just sending the diagram off to someone, paying money and waiting for it to made for me.
And at £3.50 for half a litre of Ammonium Sulphate and a quid for each copper clad board, it's much cheaper too.
(dchurch bah, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:22, closed)

No diggedy.
Etching your own PCBs is level three nerdery.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:36, closed)

Only level three?
I'm dissapointed.
(dchurch bah, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 11:38, closed)

Level four nerds make their own transistors

( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 18 Nov 2011, 13:58, closed)

Level 5
Make rudimentary ICs using tiny transistors.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 14:18, closed)