But where ugly style uses high value resistors soldered upright on the base plate for tie points, PC dots uses small round pieces of copper clad PC board for component attachment. The dots are simply PC board material punched out of scrap material. When the glue sets, the dot is held firmly where you want it. Of course the copper surface should be free from oxidation and and surface contamminants for the glue to hold and for good solderability. If you ever want to move a dot, simply use a screwdriver and smack it sideways.
Super glue has great tensile strength but very little shear strength.
Components are simply soldered to the dots, which serve as junction points. Ground connections are made by soldering right to the ground plane. A side view of component connection and grounding is shown in Figure 1 . The technique is very good for discrete components, although somewhat awkward for integrated circuits. For DIP IC's, I use an etched pattern on a separate scrap of PC board material like the one used in Figure 2 .