Before I start this is what I am referring to as a protoboard":
I love protoboards, they allow you to reuse components until they are mechanically worn out, or you have let the magic smoke out. Storage of used components can be a problem. I intensely dislike is throwing them in a bucket, I like to find them at a glance. Here’s several possible solutions for this problem shown below. Resistors in particular are reusable, as are the jumper wires.
A quick note about templates, after downloading them, print them out using M$ Paint. Since I use the .png format the dimensions will stay quite accurate which is important for this project.
Start w/ the substrate, thanks to Amazon I have pounds of corrugated card board. I cut a chunk into Qty 5 6¾” x 3¾” pieces (using the attached template, pick one to leave the over lap on). I use 5 of them because I like my leads to be 0.3” long. Each piece is slightly over 0.1” thick, and I wanted there to be plenty of excess thickness The template comes as two pieces. Cut them out like so:
Tape them together as shown:
I used double sided scotch tape to attach the template to the card board. Cut your cardboard into 5 substrate panels:
Remove then now useless templates,then glue the panels together to make the final substrate. The final product will be over ½“ thick.
Next download/print the Jumper Cover Sheet and cut the corners as shown:
Next glue the cover sheet to the substrate as shown:
I highly recommend using rubber cement so as not to cause wrinkling of the paper. Any discoloration of the outside will disappear when the glue dries. Also use the flattest and smoothest side of the substrate to be the surface of the storage print. This jar of glue was almost empty.
I love protoboards, they allow you to reuse components until they are mechanically worn out, or you have let the magic smoke out. Storage of used components can be a problem. I intensely dislike is throwing them in a bucket, I like to find them at a glance. Here’s several possible solutions for this problem shown below. Resistors in particular are reusable, as are the jumper wires.
A quick note about templates, after downloading them, print them out using M$ Paint. Since I use the .png format the dimensions will stay quite accurate which is important for this project.
Start w/ the substrate, thanks to Amazon I have pounds of corrugated card board. I cut a chunk into Qty 5 6¾” x 3¾” pieces (using the attached template, pick one to leave the over lap on). I use 5 of them because I like my leads to be 0.3” long. Each piece is slightly over 0.1” thick, and I wanted there to be plenty of excess thickness The template comes as two pieces. Cut them out like so:
Tape them together as shown:
I used double sided scotch tape to attach the template to the card board. Cut your cardboard into 5 substrate panels:
Remove then now useless templates,then glue the panels together to make the final substrate. The final product will be over ½“ thick.
Next download/print the Jumper Cover Sheet and cut the corners as shown:
Next glue the cover sheet to the substrate as shown:
I highly recommend using rubber cement so as not to cause wrinkling of the paper. Any discoloration of the outside will disappear when the glue dries. Also use the flattest and smoothest side of the substrate to be the surface of the storage print. This jar of glue was almost empty.
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