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Re: gEDA-user: My board is back



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DJ Delorie wrote:

>>It's their job to computer their plating constants into drill size ;-)
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>This may come as a surprise to you, but they can't drill arbitrary
>hole sizes.  They have a fixed collection of drills, usually wire
>sized, that they use.  I always specify drill size, ensure it's a
>standard wire drill size, and account for copper plating myself.
>
>If you ask for an in-between size, they're likely to just give you the
>next bigger drill.
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PCB express tells exactly what they do here.  Generally it will result 
in a larger hole.

http://pcbexpress.com/technical/tool.php#drill

Darrell Harmon