Homebrew PCBs

> Seems a bit ridiculous all that effort for a  
> flimsy plastic fuser, to get the thickness through and get the heat
up,  
> when you still end up with a less-than-ideal solution that needs
more than  
> one pass to get the job done. But hey, suit yourself.
> 
> ST
>


Stefan...   did you get out of the grumpy side of the bed this morning ?


I have all the machinery needed to make one from scratch, but I prefer
to spend my time making tools that I can't buy mostly ready built.

and if an off the shelf unit will do the job, then I@m up for it ...

re the Texet LM-251 
It's not as bad as it sounds,

the laminator drives standard board and tranfer through nicely without
any modification..

Th drive is a neat little synchronous motor with a quick release for jams.

The heating component consists of aluminium extrusions with internal
elements and silicon rollers with a steel shafts. The rollers are the
same colour and look very similar to the ones in my Laser printer.

The case is a simple screw together unit, no nasty plastic tabs to
break off.. !

I will try 160 and see what happens..

If all esle fails, we will have a laminator to use to laminate posters
for lamp posts if the cat gets lost !

Chris