PCB Boards for sale

[soupbone]

I'm looking for a reputable company that sells Printed Circuit Boards.The radio shack 276-149 boards are poorly made.The lands lift easily.Looking for a U.S. Manufacturer.

[KazooMan]

Smallbearelec.com

[gjcamann]

I assume you looking for pad-per-hole breadboards.

I second smallbear. Mouser and Digikey may also have some higher end stuff. If you don't like the stiff and brittle Epoxy Fiber type boards, you may want to try the Phenolic boards.
Also check this place out: https://www.veroboard.com/

[Mark Hammer]

The difference between the Small Bear pad-per-hole and the Radio Shack boards is like comparing filet mignon from a 4-star restaurant against a $1 McDonald's hamburger.  Steve has the SBE boards made specially for him, and they are a pleasure to work with.

[therecordingart]

The difference between the Small Bear pad-per-hole and the Radio Shack boards is like comparing filet mignon from a 4-star restaurant against a $1 McDonald's hamburger.  Steve has the SBE boards made specially for him, and they are a pleasure to work with.

My only "complaint" is that the boards from Small Bear are so high quality that it takes actual work to score 'n' crack them. I feel bad when I flub a project and trash it when I'm using those boards.

[midwayfair]

The difference between the Small Bear pad-per-hole and the Radio Shack boards is like comparing filet mignon from a 4-star restaurant against a $1 McDonald's hamburger.  Steve has the SBE boards made specially for him, and they are a pleasure to work with.

My only "complaint" is that the boards from Small Bear are so high quality that it takes actual work to score 'n' crack them. I feel bad when I flub a project and trash it when I'm using those boards.

Same here. I love working on the smallbear board (how nice is it to have solder pads on both sides?), but it was so difficult to cut the boards down to size for all my mini projects that I had to stop getting it. I couldn't use a knife at all; I was using a little hacksaw.

[jubal81]

Elecrow has fabbed, through-hole plated, pad-per-hole boards at really cheap prices.

[soupbone]

Cool!Thanks for the ideas folks!

[Gus]

I'm looking for a reputable company that sells Printed Circuit Boards.The radio shack 276-149 boards are poorly made.The lands lift easily.Looking for a U.S. Manufacturer.

Not a fair post.  You need to learn to solder  it is all about practice and having a good temp controlled soldering iron.

[Jdansti]

Learn to solder, AND use a decent iron at the right temperature , AND use top notch boards if you so desire.  When I use perf board, I rely on the component to component joints and not so much on the pads.  With all of the leads bent at 90 degree angles and soldered to each other, I have much beefier solder joints than I do at the pads.  I could probably get by with no pads, just holes.

One of the best soldering tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_NU2ruzyc4

[soupbone]

Learn to solder, AND use a decent iron at the right temperature , AND use top notch boards if you so desire.  When I use perf board, I rely on the component to component joints and not so much on the pads.  With all of the leads bent at 90 degree angles and soldered to each other, I have much beefier solder joints than I do at the pads.  I could probably get by with no pads, just holes.

One of the best soldering tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_NU2ruzyc4

Thanks for your reply!I'm actually good with a soldering iron.The poorly radio shack boards are just very poorly made.It doesn't have to take any heat at all for the lands to lift of the board.Plus,Radio Shack is going under.They won't be open much longer.Small Bear from now on.  

[soupbone]

I'm looking for a reputable company that sells Printed Circuit Boards.The radio shack 276-149 boards are poorly made.The lands lift easily.Looking for a U.S. Manufacturer.

Not a fair post.  You need to learn to solder  it is all about practice and having a good temp controlled soldering iron.

I'm good at soldering.Been doing it for years.I don't know if you've worked with a radio shack board,but they're a nightmare to work with.I've known a lot people that had problems with their boards.In defence of radio shack,their older made PCB boards are pretty well made.Every once in a while I'll find one at my local electronics shop,but they're hard to come by,at least in my case.