Preferred copperclad specfications ?

[Yuan Han]

I've been looking at copperclads on ebay, and I realised that they come in various specifications, like thickness of board, and thickness of copper.
And some of them are flexible.

Any prefered ones ?
Could I use a 0.05mm (ISN"T THAT VERY THIN?) flexible board ?

[R.G.]

The preferred copperclad is 1/16" / 1.5mm stock with one ounce copper - that's one ounce per square foot.

Thinner is OK, but harder to work with.

[Yuan Han]

Thanks !

shipping of 0.05mm boards are cheaper though !
might just try it out..... (but its.....hmmmmmmmmm30 times less than 1.5mm)
oh well

[Gilles C]

A special note about thinner copper clad pcb... it's very easy to lift the copper when you solder or unsolder parts. The copper traces are very to break.

Don't use them for prototypes.

I like to use them for small projects I want to stick in a guitar for example.

[MR COFFEE]

I agree the 1/16" (.060 or .062") thick PCB is the way to go, and you might do much better price-wise to look somewhere other than Ebay.

There are other thicknesses of copper than one-ounce which can be nicer to work with if you are using very fine conductors - like the half-ounce thickness. They usually cost more and aren't necessary for most stomp-box projects.