Homebrew PCBs

> Irons and me don't get along very well. My trusty second-hand $35
> laminator has lifted me out of the harsher levels of hell.

Hey David, what brand and model of laminator do u have, Im trying to
pass .064" boards.

Thnx


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <rebirth@...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 17:14 +0000, niponcio wrote:
> > In new laser printers you can somehow twitch this temp by changing the
> > type of paper in the printing settings, and get a less fragile print.
> 
> I've got my HP2550L Color Laserjet set to '75-105gsm gloss card' - the
> paper goes through slowly, prints hot, and spits out with impeccable
> reproduction.
> 
> > I posted this thread because I didnt find anything about this paper
> > (blame it on my search skills), but after reading the ones mentioning
> > the pain it is to soak and scrub the paper fibers, I thought it was a
> > good idea to put it out there. 
> 
> Yes - a very good idea indeed. I felt the pain of soaking/scrubbing on
> Saturday, when I did a batch of 24 boards (as 2 lots of 4x3 12-up). It's
> a task with as much enjoyment as scrubbing a filthy toilet bowl with a
> worn toothbrush. To make matters worse, I tried the dishwasher soaking
> with the second batch, it came out so bad that I had to scrub the board
> clean and start again. So your label backing paper idea came as a
> God-send, only 24 hours late :P
> 
> > Well, nothing more to say, hope more tests are made, Im going to post
> > mine after I test a new brand of labels (IRONING involved) :(
> 
> Irons and me don't get along very well. My trusty second-hand $35
> laminator has lifted me out of the harsher levels of hell.
> 
> I think my final setup will be:
>  * artwork with slightly thinner traces
>  * label backing paper, printed slow/hot through printer
>  * 2 or 3 passes through laminator at slowest/hottest setting,
>    with paper+board enclosed in a folded strip of thin card
> 
> I'm out of blank PCB - will buy some more today, try it out and report
> on results.
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
> > <stefan_trethan@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:04:23 +0100, David McNab <rebirth@> 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Result - after just 2 passes through laminator, I have a
> > spotlessly
> > > > perfect transfer, and the paper just falls off. And the process
> > takes
> > > > less than a tenth the time that I was spending with the old
> > painful
> > > > print-onto-card, soak, rub, soak, peel-with-tape, soak, rub,
> > > > pray-I-don't-damage-toner process.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Have you tried etching too?
> > > Strangely with silicone paper i get "through etching".
> > > 
> > > In many printers, including mine, the toner will fall off from
> > label 
> > > paper, you can use silicone paper then. It peels off just the same,
> > but i 
> > > have problems with etching using that. I use it for component legend
> > all 
> > > the time though.
> > > 
> > > It's not a new thing BTW, we have discussed various anti-stick
> > papers 
> > > including label paper many times in the past.
> > > 
> > > ST
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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