Vero Layout Question

[ollie]

At the risk of making myself look like a total fool, which way round are vero layouts depicted?

The pics of the components are showing so does this mean that that is the non shiny side showing?

I ask because I've been following designs so that the picture matches the solder side and I think I may have been building circuits backwards as I'm two for two not working

[jacobyjd]

uh oh--you are correct--they are depicting the parts side of the board. Sometimes the trace cuts can get a bit confusing, since you're looking at the mirror image on the other side.

I twist a drill bit with my fingers to make trace cuts, so I just mark each hole that needs cut (on the parts side) with a marker, then look through the hole to make sure the drill bit is behind the right one. Mark it with the bit, then turn it over and make the cut

[frokost]

They're usually shown from the top, solder side down, component side up.

[ollie]

Yep, I was doing it backwards, oh dear...


Well now I feel stupid for cursing the board

[frokost]

Well, it's not hopeless. Just re-orient the transistors and be a little creative with IC's - make sure the pins end up where they're supposed to be, somehow, and you'll be all right. Messy, but all right  .

[MikeH]

Yeah, your ICs are the big problem.  If you can bend the legs upward so that you put it in upside down, you may be able to make it work.

[ollie]

Think I'll just start over, it was only mxr dist+ so not tons of parts and none of them were particularly hard to find

[m-theory]

Seems like I do this on at least one cut, about every 3rd or 4th build.  I've gotten pretty crafty at fixing those extra holes with careful foil-side jumper placment, though. 

[Renegadrian]

One day you'll laugh at it, now it's only cursing!?! 

[ollie]

Haha, well turns out it doesn't matter if it's backwards or forwards, it ain't working! Will buy a new soldering iron tomorrow and try again, for now, thanks for answering my question