Homebrew PCBs

If your traces are 10 mil wide and they spread by a mil or so on each 
side, you might not notice. But that same spread is very noticeable 
with 7 mil traces.

Mark

At 11:37 AM 3/25/2010, you wrote:


>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mark Lerman <mlerman@...> wrote:
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> > Has any been measuring the actual trace widths produced with toner
> > transfer? I would think that running it through a laminator would
> > significantly spread the trace. I just ordered a stage calibrator to
> > measure widths with my microscope, but I would be very interested in
> > hearing from anyone who had made these measurements.
> >
> > Mark
> >
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>I haven't measured the actual traces, but they look identical to the 
>printout prior to transfer, no visible spreading at all.
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