Homebrew PCBs

ken H,

What you get with the Tool Kit is a soldering iron with a copper tip like a hole saw about 5/8" in diameter. You heat it up and hold it perpendicular to the place that is shown in the instructions and it melts a nice hole. If you try to use a hole saw, plastic particles will get mixed in with the toner. You cap the hole with an adhesive backed plastic disk. They come with the toner, 4 included togther with the chip. The toner jar spout is 1/2" in diameter.

The kit also comes with a small screw driver, small needle nose pliers, an hour-glass to time the iron heat up, a rest for the iron, a key chain led and cleanup papers. You probably don't need it if you can make a 5/8" hole without contaminating the toner chamber. 

I was somewhat apprehensive about refilling toner, but it worked well 
for me. I thought toner was like dust, but it seems very slick. When
you pour it out of the bottle it really runs out fast and you need to pour slowly. The instructions are very good. They show you exactly where to place the hole. Apparently, it is different for different cartridges.

As for the toner, OEM or not, I did 5 boards with it and they turned out just fine. Regular printing is the same as with a genuine HP cartridge. If your printer will do toner transfer with a genuine cartridge, I think this refill product will also do so.

Baxter

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "sailingto" <sailingtoo@...> wrote:
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> Baxter - The ReChargX Tool Kit - just what is this and is it really needed?  I read it's a hot tool to  melt the hole?  Do they provide the plug with the toner OR with the tool kit?  About what size is the hole that is melted in?
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> I'm sure thinking I just might try this - but I do read on their webpage it is NOT HP toner, but *of our proprietary, made-on-site toner formula (specially formulated to meet or exceed the OEM specifications for the underlying "engine" )*
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> Thank you Baxter for the link.
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> Ken H>
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