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Re: Laminator + Iron

2010-02-16 by sailingto

Why not just run the bare copper board thru the laminator a few times until it's not, then do the toner transfer with laminator?

Only one piece of equip that way.

Ken H>

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "thedancarter" <thedancarter@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently gave TT another try after giving up and going back to photo boards.
> 
> Problem was inconsistent pressure with iron, or crappy Aldi laminator not hot enough.
> 
> Solution was to use both - �2.50 iron from Argos, �10 laminator. The iron just sits on top of paper on board (on a sheet of plywood - no ironing board or whatever necessary) for a couple of minutes, to get it hot, then into the laminator twice to apply even pressure.
> 
> So for has worked every time (using magazine paper) - might be worth a try for anyone having inconsistent results.
>

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