Homebrew PCBs

I am in Australia.

Local manufacturers of PCBs use mylar sheet clad in copper on one side only to manufacture flexible circuit boards and mobile antenna arrays which get wrapped aorund a suitable support.
I had been able to obtain offcuts from the local manufacturer, but i am sure they would supply the product if offered financial recompense.

So.. do call on your local manufacturers or laminate suppliers and ask for copper clad mylar. It is like a transparency sheet with copper on one side.
It will withstand light soldering and desoldering duty and makes a wonderful ground plane around assemblies which need shielding.



James McGee <ace@...> wrote:                                  Not ultra but pretty thin...I found 1/32 at a descent price, well its 
 26.88 USD.... But thats a 24"X36" Dont think it will pass through an 
 un-modified printer but maybe slightly modified (so it dosent have to 
 make the curved turn from the paper tray) If I could find some 
 sutible ink for this old lexmark Z23 I would try it myself...
 J
 
 --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <rebirth@...> wrote:
 >
 > Hi,
 > 
 > Does anyone know how to get hold of blank PCB material, similar to 
 the
 > usual 1.6mm thick copper-clad stuff, but ultra ultra thin?
 > 
 > I'm thinking about the recent threads about hacking inkjets to print
 > onto PCB via the CD tray.
 > 
 > The idea is if that the copper-coated medium is thin enough, it 
 will be
 > able to pass through any unmodified inkjet. The other good thing is 
 that
 > inkjets (as opposed to lasers) tend to have a much straighter paper
 > path.
 > 
 > Digikey only seems to sell 3/4" copper tape - way to narrow for most
 > boards.
 > 
 > Any ideas?
 > 
 > Cheers
 > David
 >
 
 
     
                       

 
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