Homebrew PCBs

Don't belittle the effort, You did put some numbers on the process. that
makes it much more capable of being repeated. Thats a lot better than
heating it over a burner until it turns violet-- too subjective.

Myc

To the rest of you guys, pick yourself up off the floor, I am really
complementing Stefan.

:)


On 8/1/06, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
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> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:41:16 +0200, Myc Holmes <mycroft2152y@...>
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> > Nice piece of work, Stefan, getting the time / temprature curing curve.
> > have
> > you tried it in your smt oven? Can't wait for the photos!
> > What kind of pcb material were you using? thickness and oz of copper?
> > Myc
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> Well, it's probably much more low-tech than you imagine...
> I haven't looked into the time issue, since i felt the temperature is more
> important as long as the time is long enough. That will be a series of
> experiments for another day. What i do know is that some time is required,
> not only heating it up, that's why my results were bad the last week.
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> If only the SMD oven was buit yet!!
> I was considering if i should build it before proceeding, but i wanted to
> get that inkjet thing going so i did not (that oven might take months at
> my speed). Also Volkan is using a plate so better eliminate variables.
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> I will want the oven very soon however, already having thought about the
> temperature controller in my mind...
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> The material is FR4 or similar (it does not have the marking and is more
> opaque than normal FR4, but it has all the glass layers). I tried only 18u
> (half oz) so far.
> The board thickness was 1.5mm.
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