help a chimp with a vero problem, please?

[davepedals]

i'm sure to feel like a chimp when i get an answer on this but...............

i'm a PCB guy and have decided I want to do vero board. Problem is that my brain can't seem to grasp something i'm sure is simple and i'm overlooking!  Please look at the pic below:



Ok, naturally the layouts for vero projects show the strip (copper side) for easy understanding of the wiring.
What is twisting my brain is this:

the ic socket shows it's correct pin setup, fine but when you mount it on the other side pin 1 would now be in pin 8's position.
The numbers are reversed 8 7 6 5 - 1 2 3 4.  What am i missing here?  Man i hate it when simple things confuse me!  aggghhhhhh!  I've always had a problem with mirror imaging concepts!
Can ya help a guy out?
Thanks!

[linny1982]

vero layouts are shown exactly like pcb layouts, copper side down. so the pinout is correct

[ayayay!]

Imagine you're seeing through the veroboard, as if it were opaque. 

Imagine it's just like a breadboard, where you can't see the traces beneath the holes, but you know they're their.

[markeebee]

Just to be double sure, I always print out a layout mirror-imaged (or at least fudge the image it so it's reversed on-screen).  Makes it much easier to get the cuts in the track in the right place, and also acts as a reference when soldering.

[deadastronaut]

you got it..'mirror image'...

like mark said...just reverse 'flip horizontal' ...sorted..makes life easy...

[davepedals]

yes reversing the image would be very helpful i think. So far I've been marking the trace cuts by inserting a wire through the top then i just turn the vero over and hit it with the old magic marker. 

Thanks for all the help!

[deadastronaut]

^

[digi2t]

I've found that marking the cuts on the component side with a big Sharpy helps me. I dab the holes with the Sharpy, and when I flip over the board, the black ink tends to bleed a bit into the hole. I can see it when I look at the copper side at a bit of an angle. When I marked all the holes, then I cut the traces with a drill bit, larger than the strip of copper. I don't go right through, just camfer the hole to cut the copper. Also, before I spin the bit (MANUALLY!!), I have a habit of checking from the component side to see if the point of the bit is truely in the right hole. I've never had a mishap yet, but measure twice, cut once.

I've done the paper/poke thing too. It's a pain in the pokus. I build everything on stripboard, the Sharpy trick has really sped things up for me.

[davepedals]

i'm going to try the sharpy method!  thanks!

[digi2t]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I have one of those circular gooseneck lamps with the magnifing glass in the center. I use the light from it to backlight the board when I'm looking for the Sharpy ink in the holes from the copper side. I guess any small desk lamp would do. I find it helps as well.

Cheers,
Dino