I get the same response, using Firefox. Here is a screen shot of the error message. http://rotordesign.com/delorie.jpg But I get a very large pcb pic using IE 7.0. That is one heck of a nice board! Mike --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Malcolm Parker-Lisberg <mparkerlisberg@...> wrote: > > The link below just gives a warning "please do not hotlink to this site" > > > --- On Wed, 8/5/09, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote: > > From: DJ Delorie <dj@...> > Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Need better reliability than I am getting with toner transfer - what's next? > To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 12:53 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "lcdpublishing" <lcdpublishing@ yahoo.com> writes: > > > I have tried using that dry-film etch resist that you buy on a roll, > > > apply it to the board with a laminator and have had mixed results. > > > > If you mean photofilm, it took me a while to get reliable results from > > it. Some thoughts... > > > > It wants around 220-240 F temperature, far cooler than most > > laminators. I added the temp control to mine just for this purpose. > > > > I cut the film a few inches longer than needed so I can hold it up and > > pulled away from the board during lamination, letting the rollers be > > the first to press them together. Far fewer air bubbles this way. > > Adam's wet lamination gets the same results, for mostly the same > > reasons, using a wet squeegie. > > > > I have to bloat all my prints by 2 mils per edge (think "bigger > > copper") to get the resulting sizes I want. > > > > Don't forget the 15 minute wait between exposure and peeling the > > backing film off! > > > > I ended up writing my own software to do the prints for this. Using > > either Silkjet or Jetstar films, I can put down a 100% ink coating at > > 2880 DPI, which is good for 8 or so steps on a 21 step transmission > > wedge. > > > > Very important to get the exposure right! I use a step transmission > > wedge (step gauge) to make sure I'm giving it the right amount of > > exposure time. To little and you risk breaks; too much and you risk > > shorts. > > > > I did a 6/6 board recently that had a grand total of one gap, due to > > one air bubble I didn't catch (the gap is just left of dead center): > > http://www.delorie. com/electronics/ sdram/sdram- toppcb.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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Re: Need better reliability than I am getting with toner transfer - what's next?
2009-08-05 by Mike Phillips
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