Homebrew PCBs

Chris,
      I only started to use this method last week, when I ran out 
of photo resist board. I have made about ten boards now with 2 
failures which was due to the paper. I tried all the photo glossy
paper I had and the best results were with Imation and Verbatim
which I had picked up at sales at local stores.
                                     Barry





--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Horne" <chris@...> wrote:
>
> Barry,
> 
> I saw your post and as I have up til now, unly used my wife's iron, 
I
> thought I would get one  (well, at least send her out to get one !)
> 
> I tried it using the blue Press-n-peel first off, but it doesn't 
seem
> to be hot enough to melt the toner from my laser ..  (an HP 1010 
with
> a remanufactured cartridge)
> 
> I only got about 5% or less transfer even after passing it through
> half a dozen times. (leading me to believe it wasn't hot enough)
> 
> I investigated the workings and it uses three sealed 10A temperature
> switchs at  at 95   110  and  145 degrees C...  
> 
> To raise the temperature, I found a virtually identical switch at
> Rapid Electronics that should switch at 160 degrees C  (but that is 
as
> high as that particular range goes)I am quite happy to order one and
> see what happens...  but
> 
> Has anyone actually measured the temperature that the laminator 
needs
> to run at to melt common toners ?
> 
> Do we think 160 C  (320 F)  is hot enough ?
> 
> Chris  
> 
>