Mounting stripboard/veroboard?

[antknee]

What is the best way of mounting a strip/veroboard? I just want to use a nut and bolt to attach it to say some acrylic, so it is held firmly.

I think if I drill a hole through it I'll find it will crack. I do vaguely remember some kind of pins but I wouldn't know what to call them.

Thanks,

Antknee.

 

[cowana]

PCB mounting pillars?

 

[antknee]

It sounds like something I need. I will go and look them up to see what they are!

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

It sounds like something I need. I will go and look them up to see what they are!

You still have to drill a hole though - if you drill carefully and sensibly it doesn't crack anyway.

Check one of my projects:

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[antknee]

An interesting project!

I think I will drill the holes first and then solder the parts to the board and then mount using some pillars. Thanks both!

 

[5uco]

One of these, or similar

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[cowana]

Those micro reamers do a nice job - they will definitly not crack the holes. Then again, a 3mm hole followed by a 4mm hole shouldn't either.

Andrew

 

[audioguru]

I use epoxy-fiberglass Veroboard and stripboard. It doesn't stink, doesn't crack and doesn't warp like phenolic-paper cheap circuit board material.

 

[k7elp60]

I use both phenolic, and fiberglass boards. I drill them with a drill press and use either 4-40 or 6-32 threaded spacers, most are about 1/2" long. Sometimes I use M/F threaded spacers.

 

[mneary]

If I'm forced to drill a paper phenolic board, I get best results in a drill press:

- board clamped firmly (as near as possible to the hole),
- sharp drill,
- relatively high RPM,
- a very low feed rate.

 

[Sceadwian]

For cleaner holes you could also put a piece of thin board over the top and bottom and clamp that as well, it prevents the 'blowout' mess that a drill tends to leave when it punches through and will help against chipping when you start the hole, the denser the board you use the better.