Homebrew PCBs

I cut 2 out last night, small & simple (relay board) one I weeded and 
left the pattern in case I wanted to use it for sort of a stencil. 
The other is the pattern. I was able to cut and weed .77mm/.0030 
traces. I was suprised such small stuff worked so easy, I 
use "bionic" reading glasses to weed. (lol) The whole pattern is 
1"X2" and nothing fancy or complicated, I downloaded some other 
boards and imported them but nothing looked acceptable, I'll have to 
redraw them to get acceptable results. I'm thinking about using one 
of the old printers I have around here and moding it to print 
directly and trying waterproof ink. The Stika may work if I can 
import the images a little "cleaner" The weeding aint to bad with a 
razor hobby knife and descent reading glasses ... 





--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Steve Greenfield 
<alienrelics@...> wrote:
>
> I prefer that question and answers take place on the list, for a
> variety of reasons.
> 
> I've not tried doing anything as small as surface mount. It is OK
> for larger components, make sure you are using a good quality vinyl
> that is easy to weed as weeding anything that small can be a bear.
> Don't expect to run traces between DIP pads or to etch the holes.
> 
> If you've got experience doing small stuff with vinyl, it shouldn't
> be too difficult. As with any method, clean the PCB first.
> 
> Steve Greenfield
> 
> --- James McGee <ace@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > first off I'm a newbie.... James McGee from Statesboro Ga.
> > I want to make a pcb and I only have a inkjet printer and was
> > looking
> > like It may not work that well, then I was looking through the
> > files
> > seection and noticed your work.
> >  I have a roland stika12 vinyl cutter, I was wondering if you
> > still use
> > your sign cutter or decided it wasn't good enough.
> > Thanks
> > James
> > 
> >
>