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Fixing a hole in a PCB

By johnwartjr

8 years ago


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    #3 8 years ago

    Since the hole goes all the way through the board I would route out the area, install a new piece of circuit board using a lap joint and then install with epoxy and fill any gaps.

    http://www.circuitmedic.com/guides/3-5-2.shtml

    You could also just fill the area with epoxy. Circuit Medic has some colorants for epoxy that are pretty cool.

    #7 8 years ago
    Quoted from johnwartjr:

    Whatever I use has to be solid enough that I can drill it to set eyelets, and that I can hammer on the eyelet setting tools without cracking it.

    The section with a lap joint will stand up to just about anything. Once you get the hang of it, it only takes a few minutes to create the replacement piece. In your case just do the lap joints on the two sides to avoid the other eyelets.

    The JB Weld should work fine. I don't think there's any magic to the other types of epoxy.

    #12 8 years ago
    Quoted from johnwartjr:

    The 'right' way to repair the board does look really cool.

    A lot of the standards are oriented towards rework (to fix design flaws or manufacturing issues) rather than repair. In a rework situation the board has to look like new when you're done. People get upset when they get their brand new, multi-million dollar MRI machine and the boards look like they've been worked on before.

    Thanks for posting pictures. Look forward to seeing the end result.

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