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steamer
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:31 am    Post subject: Tube socket layout software? Reply with quote
--At the moment I'm trying to fab some "sockets" out of copper
plated PC board. Dimensions are decidedly non-standard (Russian Nixies).
I've got drilling the holes down pat with a funky cnc rotary table and a
manual milling machine, but what I'd like to do next is to lay on a mask
and etch away the unneeded copper. Paths would radiate from the socket pin
holes, then bend to route to one side of the board. Can someone recommend
software, preferably freeware or shareware that a simpleton like me can
learn quickly, to do this sort of thing?
--TIA,

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"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blah blah blah blah
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : blah blah blah...
http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

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JeffM
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:41 am    Post subject: Re: Tube socket layout software? Reply with quote
Quote:
I'm trying to fab some "sockets" out of copper plated PC board.
Can someone recommend software, preferably freeware or shareware
"Steamboat Ed" Haas (steamer)

Cadsoft's EAGLE has a library Editor that does this cleanly.
You could also do it by just building a board with pads & traces.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.engineering.electrical/browse_frm/thread/cc1ba6a49e79a2b1/01ddbd021683a11e?q=eagle+80mm-*-100mm+Hobbyist-Demoware#01ddbd021683a11e

Someone may have already built a library for this.
http://www.google.com/search?&q=cadsoft+lbr

Check out their site for user uploads.
http://www.google.com/search?&q=cadsoft+uploaded

Their newsgroups are another resource.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/62bc6c3a8a82f22b/e7f57070e7832410?q=news-news-cadsoft-de-eagle-*-*-*+*-*-easy-to-use#e7f57070e7832410
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steamer
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Tube socket layout software? Reply with quote
--Thanks a bunch! Actually, as of last night I've had good luck
with the paper-toner-ironing transfer technique. Hope to take a whack at
etching later today (after I get the ventilation ducting set up; that
shit's *toxic*!).

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blah blah blah blah
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : blah blah blah...
http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

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JeffM
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:10 am    Post subject: Re: Tube socket layout software? Reply with quote
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fab some "sockets"...freeware or shareware
"Steamboat Ed" Haas (steamer)

Cadsoft's EAGLE
JeffM

Thanks a bunch!
"Steamboat Ed" Haas (steamer)

I read from Google Groups.
If you don't leave my name in your reply, I may never notice it.

If you chop out all context (don't leave a little of the previous
post),
folks who use newsreaders will find that a pain.
Here's the document on which the newsgroups concept is based:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:8PaSp2kKbWoJ:www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html+just-enough+at-*-top-*-*-message+do-not-*-*-*-original
Scroll down to the highlighted portion first.)
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