hey everyone, hows it going?
i was wondering if anyone had any yield data on blank circuit boards with gold traces? i do realize that the yield data will greatly differ based on amount of traces, plating thickness, purity of gold, etc, but i was just hoping for maybe some other people's numbers to compare with my own once mine have been completed.
i didnt weigh my starting material because i didnt have a big scale. i think i have about 40-50 lbs of unpopulated gold trace cards, half already through the AP process, so it shouldnt be long now. i have chosen to just leave the foils in the AP bucket until im done processing all the material, that way i lose less to filters/spillage.
i will post my own yield data once i have completed the process, and will probably have a steady stream of this material for a while, so i can keep updating the yields so others can estimate value based on the overall average.
heres some pics of the material i have, and once im done i will weigh all the stripped boards at the scrap yard for data.
i was wondering if anyone had any yield data on blank circuit boards with gold traces? i do realize that the yield data will greatly differ based on amount of traces, plating thickness, purity of gold, etc, but i was just hoping for maybe some other people's numbers to compare with my own once mine have been completed.
i didnt weigh my starting material because i didnt have a big scale. i think i have about 40-50 lbs of unpopulated gold trace cards, half already through the AP process, so it shouldnt be long now. i have chosen to just leave the foils in the AP bucket until im done processing all the material, that way i lose less to filters/spillage.
i will post my own yield data once i have completed the process, and will probably have a steady stream of this material for a while, so i can keep updating the yields so others can estimate value based on the overall average.
heres some pics of the material i have, and once im done i will weigh all the stripped boards at the scrap yard for data.