DIY PCB manufacture - through hole plating

[Fred Bartoli]

Rivets/eyelets are 1960's technology and have lots of problems of
their own. The classic US vendor was USM, United Shoe Machinery Co.


Hey, this is cool:

One French translation of "Hey, this is cool" could be: "Hé, c'est le pied"

which applies particularly well to the subject.

 

[Andy]

One French translation of "Hey, this is cool" could be: "Hé, c'est le pied"

Hmm. It would be rather something like "Heh, c'est trop cool ! ça
déchire trop !" etc.

"le pied" applies mostly to the situations when one experiences a strong
pleasure; the classic expression is "prendre son pied" which traces back
to the XIXth century where it meant receiving her/his own share of
pleasure during a sexual act

-- Andy

 

[Robert Baer]

Hrm, that's looking promising -- I was originally planning on just
getting a nice, specific purspose system (like the Copperset thing) but
now it looks like I might have to run with rivets of some sort. Do you
know if you have to solder them afterwards? (or do you have to do that
with most of these punch-metal style systems?) My french (?) skills
arn't that great - I speak aussie most of the time, maaaate. ;-)

Now, to only find them in smaller sizes....

Michael

You should always solder rivets; cannot depend on cold weld contacts.
And make sure the rivets are made of something that can be easily
soldered.

 

[nyffeler]

Hi all,
...
Does anyone have any ideas? I'm at a bit of a loss for any other ideas
on how to (easily) plate through holes.

LPKF has a through-hole plating system without chemicals
see
http://www.lpkf.
com/products/rapid-pcb-prototyping/through_hole_plating/proconduct/index.htm
or as pdf
http://www.lpkf.com/others/1/1325-lpkf-proconduct-technical-data.pdf

Does any one have experience with it?