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Re: Need better reliability than I am getting with toner transfer - what's next?

2009-08-05 by Mike Phillips

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:
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> The link below just gives a warning "please do not hotlink to this site"
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> --- On Wed, 8/5/09, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> 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
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> "lcdpublishing" <lcdpublishing@ yahoo.com> writes:
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> > I have tried using that dry-film etch resist that you buy on a roll,
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> If you mean photofilm, it took me a while to get reliable results from
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> It wants around 220-240 F temperature, far cooler than most
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> laminators.  I added the temp control to mine just for this purpose.
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> I cut the film a few inches longer than needed so I can hold it up and
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> pulled away from the board during lamination, letting the rollers be
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> the first to press them together.  Far fewer air bubbles this way.
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> Adam's wet lamination gets the same results, for mostly the same
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> I have to bloat all my prints by 2 mils per edge (think "bigger
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> I ended up writing my own software to do the prints for this.  Using
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> I did a 6/6 board recently that had a grand total of one gap, due to
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