Homebrew PCBs

On 30/01/07, Martin Klingensmith <martin@...> wrote:
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>  I bought a laminator on eBay for $15. At first I thought I got screwed
>  over but all I had to do was scrape the opening a little to allow a
>  board + paper to go through.

Well I just come back from Asda, part of the walmart family, and paid
£11.68 or $20 and it takes my board + 1 sheet of paper when cold, but
when hot it wont fit back in for a 2nd pass!

Think I need the craft knife.............

Wife does not like me using them anymore after the accident I had last time.....

I have tried argos catalog paper(uk) failed miserably, toner goes into
the paper far too much and nothing seems to go onto the board.


It achieved good transfer from thick
>  catalog-paper after 4 passes. It would not be difficult to control the
>  temperature of this device. I think a few degrees hotter would work well.
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>  Martin K
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>  > Was at a carboot sale at the weekend, go each weekend (Mass organised
>  > yardsale, usually on farm land), 2 weekends a go I see a kyocea laser
>  > printer, old bulky thing, looked like a fuser donor, £10 he wanted,
>  > said it needed a new ink cartridge (!), decided to wait and see if I
>  > could find something cheaper, I can buy a laminator for that!
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>  > Last week he and it was still in attendance.
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>  > This week as I left it was in the skip, so I got it, took it home and
>  > opened it up, decided to plug it in, damn thing said selftest past and
>  > throw out a test sheet, 46073 pagecount and still working a treat, I
>  > cant strip it now I feel sorry for the thing!
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>  > Its faster and feels hotter than my 4l, so when the toners all gone
>  > then I'll have at it
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>  > Some you win, some you win.
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Lez