I haven't made a CB in many years ( jr. college). It was a process of using a photo neg. as a mask to develope the sensitive board material. Lots of chemicals and timing was a big part of it also. The boards had the old huge large traces for DIPS and larger components. Question:
What is the better way to make a modern small board with mostly SOIC and surface mount R's and C's. The boardwill be .75" x 1.25" single sided. The plan is to hand make 5 boards. field test and improve ,then make a run of 50 or more. I am using Eagle Draw and I believe the files generated in the router will be accepted by the different small run board houses if I go that way. I am not sure if detailed small hand made boards are even possible. I have hand soldered 805 and 603 size components but am unsure as to the quality of the etch. IDEAS?