Newbie Guide- using OSH Park (board manufacture)

Manufacturing
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For years, I’ve made my boards by hand.

The time to use a commercial service finally came. After a bit of looking around, I thought I’d try OSH Park. It is very early days, but I am very happy so far. I’ve put together some notes, a “blow-by-blow do this” from a KiCad perspective, on what you need to do, if you want to try them…

http://www.arunet.co.uk/tkboyd/ele1bps.htm

With China shutting down for a while for the annual holiday (Feb 15), if you are in a hurry, the fact that they are in the USA might be relevant.

You have to order at least 3 copies of any board, but other than that, they are small order friendly.

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Thanks for the tip. I think I might give them a try. So far I’ve been using 4PCB.com but they are much more restrictive on their specials (for example no slots allowed) I’m just wondering who do you use in China?