On 10 Aug 2014, at 13:37, Arne Rossius wrote: > Hi, > > Quixotic Nixotic wrote: >> Has anybody used this outfit for PCBs? Accutrace inc, trading as >> pcb4u.com. > [...] >> I am asking, because they are doing a US $30 + $10 FedEx shipping >> deal (is this US only?) on ten double side boards up to 20 square >> inches, 129 square centimetres. This seems a very attractive price. > > I haven't used them, but if you don't mind ordering from China and > waiting a while for your boards, you can get them even cheaper. There > are a few suppliers with similar prices, I have used ITEAD > <http://imall.iteadstudio.com/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html> several > times. For ten double-sided 10cm x 10cm boards (about 4" x 4") with > green silkscreen, they ask 20 USD + shipping. I have found that shipping > is very cheap (less than 10 USD for 10 boards) if you choose Hongkong > Post, but takes 2-3 weeks (to Germany) in addition to about one week for > manufacturing, and you get (very basic) tracking. As far as I know, > shipping times to the US are similar.
Iteadstudio and Seeedstudio use the same fab house and I have used them both in the past and been very happy. The good deals they and others do are based on the 5cm x 5cm and 10cm x 10cm sizes - other sizes are much more expensive. Mitch Davis who runs Hackvana and is based in Shenzhen cannot quote me better deals than they do and says many houses match those 5x5 and 10x10 deals. Both those houses will be more expensive than pcb4u if I go over the 10cm x 10cm restriction. I am working on a set of Doepfer format Eurorack sound modules and I cannot get six 16mm pots in a row on a 0.1" pitch in 10cms, I need 10.8cms, so the flexible sizing of pcb4u is appealing. Yes I know I can buy smaller pots, but then the pot cost goes up and the physical finger space around the knobs gets smaller. I've asked about pcb4u shipping to UK and await their reply. Reading a review by someone, it says when you check out your order there is an offer of another ten boards at half price. Even more attractive if you need more than ten. John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/35EF79DD-B257-43B5-8BDF-7BC51B6CBC8E%40jsdesign.co.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
