> It's not a new idea, but with 3D printers being common these days, it's nice to remind people of this approach to PCB manufacture.
Sure, but I had neither a 3D printer nor magazines nor an iron, and I didn't really want to get into that whole process, as it sounded like a hassle. Exporting gerbers directly to my 3D printer is trivial enough that I can do it in one minute.
> It's hard to get consistent, high quality traces - particularly if there is any kind of high density layout.
That is very possible, I still need to refine my etching technique. It's certainly been the hardest part in the ones I made, but that doesn't say much because the rest of the process was trivial.
> With some effort you can to double sided PCBs using this kind of technique, but any kind of through-plating has to be done manually.
I really want to experiment with that as well, but drilling will be harder. I wonder if it would just be easier to route some traces to the edge and solder them there instead of drilling a via.
Sure, but I had neither a 3D printer nor magazines nor an iron, and I didn't really want to get into that whole process, as it sounded like a hassle. Exporting gerbers directly to my 3D printer is trivial enough that I can do it in one minute.
> It's hard to get consistent, high quality traces - particularly if there is any kind of high density layout.
That is very possible, I still need to refine my etching technique. It's certainly been the hardest part in the ones I made, but that doesn't say much because the rest of the process was trivial.
> With some effort you can to double sided PCBs using this kind of technique, but any kind of through-plating has to be done manually.
I really want to experiment with that as well, but drilling will be harder. I wonder if it would just be easier to route some traces to the edge and solder them there instead of drilling a via.