Re: gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws

2007-10-17 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:15:13 +, Michael Sokolov wrote: > But what about the copper annulus? What would be a good copper annulus > for those screw-accommodating holes? None :-) pcb calls these holes "unplated" and produces a separate gerber file for them. See below the footprint I use for M

Re: gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws

2007-10-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Michael Sokolov Verzonden: dinsdag 16 oktober 2007 23:15 Aan: geda-user@moria.seul.org Onderwerp: gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws Hello fellow gEDA/pcb users, I've got a PCB mechanical design question. I have given up on the idea of copyin

Re: gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws

2007-10-16 Thread Dave N6NZ
For clearance drill, try googling "metric free-fit drill". For the annulus, I like to be at least as large as a typical screw head. I find the catalog at mcmaster.com to have lots of representative data for hardware. Of course, mcmaster.com would be an expensive way for you to buy hardware w

gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws

2007-10-16 Thread Michael Sokolov
Hello fellow gEDA/pcb users, I've got a PCB mechanical design question. I have given up on the idea of copying the form factor of EN routers (basically I don't really like that form factor) and I'm going for a form factor of my own. However, being a proud citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist