Anyone tried Custom PCB in Malaysia for Protos ?

[Mike Diack]

Seeing as I'm seriousl;y grumpy at BEC for stinging me $100 or so for
courier on my last board job (the same DHL guy that brings similar
sized packages to me from Polykom/Arrow/Braemac/whatever for around
$10 or so every few days) I'm thinking of giving Custom in Kuala
Lumpur a crack - they seem to make all the right noises - cheap
freight, Protel,credit card, lightning fast answer to a process
question (on a Saturday even !!!!!).
Question is : Do they make nice boards ?
Typically I do 8/8 mil DSPTH SMD - not rocket science but still
eminently stuffable uppable if not done correctly.
Opinions please...
cheers
Mike

 

[Zakalwe]

Seeing as I'm seriousl;y grumpy at BEC for stinging me $100 or so for
courier on my last board job (the same DHL guy that brings similar
sized packages to me from Polykom/Arrow/Braemac/whatever for around
$10 or so every few days) I'm thinking of giving Custom in Kuala
Lumpur a crack - they seem to make all the right noises - cheap
freight, Protel,credit card, lightning fast answer to a process
question (on a Saturday even !!!!!).
Question is : Do they make nice boards ?
Typically I do 8/8 mil DSPTH SMD - not rocket science but still
eminently stuffable uppable if not done correctly.
Opinions please...
cheers
Mike

Mike,
I got a little board I'd designed in Eagle made by Custom PCB. The result
was excellent, delivered quickly with no flaws and very cheap. Friendly &
helpful to deal with, I can recommend them highly. The most difficult part
of the process was the payment; done through an American intermediary that
didn't recognize my Aussie Visa numbers. Fixed after a couple of tries.
Visa gouged me on the exchange rate (paid in US$, 10% worse than the
published exchange rate) but I wasn't surprised.

cheers

Z

 

[Rudolf Ladyzhenskii]

While their quality may be better than Futurlec's protos (very likely
- google my past posts on Futurlec), the cost per proto is definitely
NOT attractive to me. Maybe on small production runs they might be
economic, but I haven't tried Futurlec's recently introduced
"commercial" quality production.

Futurlec's "commercial" production is 100+ boards.

Rudolf

 

[Ken Taylor]

Maybe we're a bit across porpoises there.

**** Wonderfully mangled English!!!!
Try "at cross purposes".
Or are you just "an ignorant remus"
Brian Goldsmith.

Good grief, you've never used 'porpoises' for 'purposes'?? Lighten up.

Ken

 

[Brian Goldsmith]

Good grief, you've never used 'porpoises' for 'purposes'?? Lighten up.

** Never,meaning not ever!!!
Brian Goldsmith.