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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: pcb overlay ?

2009-09-12 by Brian Thorp

I have - it works great
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:58 pm
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: pcb overlay ?
From: "Erik Knise" <elknise@...>

My brother just bought a silk screen setup to do shirts. Has anyone
ever screen printed onto a circuit board? I figured the only
difference would be the ink and I would need to build a fixture to
hold the board. It also looks like it would be nice to hold a frame
for a solder paste stencil.

On 9/10/09, Piers Goodhew <piers@...> wrote:
> That, indeed, is the one and only method I've heard of (short of
> actually silk screening it on).
>
> On a 1-layer board you TT the copper side and then TT the components
> on the top.
>
> PG
>
> On 11/09/2009, at 3:09 AM, Erik Knise wrote:
>
>> I have heard of some people using toner transfer to etch and then
>> after they clean off the board and use the toner transfer method again
>> to "print" the silk screen layer onto the circuit board.
>>
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-- 
Erik L. Knise
Pacific Shipping Company
Seattle, WA

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