Homebrew PCBs

> I once had a chance to buy a proper dry film laminator for fairly cheap at
an auction, but
> the machine stood 2 meters tall and weighed couple hundred kilograms. This
machine is ok
> if your laminating hundreds of panels in a single day, but for the
hobbyist with limited
> sotrage space and money there has to be a better way.

    I'm very sorry if I don't understand what a laminator is. But seeing
"Don Lancaster" articles, I think it comes closer to a fuser assembly from a
laser printer :o)

    I use to do direct toner transfer using transparencies printed on laser
printer (I have a good old 600DPI HP Laserjet 4 Plus) with not-so-large
black areas. I use a household iron to transfer my prints, but I'm assembly
a "laminator" using the fusor assembly from an old Toshiba printer. If I can
do a good heat regulator, I think I'll do perfect transfers with it.

    Of course, the fuser can be used unmodified! The lower roller (at least
on HP and the Toshiba fuser I have) has a set of coils to press the roller
against the paper, and so against the fuser roller. I tried to stuff a board
there, and it worked flawlessly. I just didn't lighted up the fuser yet. But
I'm sure it will work.

    Maybe this is of some help for anyone...