slight miss with drilling

[fogwolf]

I just finished drilling up a PCB and one of the holes wasn't 100% within the copper pad - it's 1/2 on and 1/2 off - is my board just shot and should I start over or if I solder the lead against the side of the hole that's within the copper will this be okay? Thanks!

[JOHNO]

just bent the lead over the the pad and solder it. it will be fine as long as it makes good contact

[iaresee]

Should be fine as long as you don't solder a bridge off the pad and you can get a clean solder between the lead and the pad.

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

That's nothing, I goe a batch of boards done commercially once & ALL the holes were 'off' by half a diameter. Plus there was resist involved, so there wasn't much left to work with.. but, I got the circuits done & they worked fine. Changed my PCB supplier after that!