Homebrew PCBs

There are definitely cheaper alternatives to the printing and etching parts
of the product, but the solder resist masking seems to be thing that the
fab-in-a-box system has working really well, and I haven't seen any cheap
alternatives to that yet.

-Andrew

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:55 AM, sailingto <sailingtoo@...> wrote:

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> Andrew, the "Fab-in-a-box" solution does give good results, and if yo
> purchase it from them, it is EXPENSIVE!!! BUT there are MUCH less expensive
> ways of going that route. The laminator can be ordered direct from MyBinding
> for $25 shipped, (used to be the same low/high setting heat laminator, but
> that version is sold out, so for $25 they only have a high heat version -
> all that's needed.
>
> The toner transfer paper can be ordered from DigiKey for about $17 shipped,
> and that is enough paper to make hundreds of boards by reusing the same
> paper several times - that is my approach. There are other papers that work
> almost as well that are free - as in magazine paper, OR the well know HP
> Presentation paper - just a tad harder to get off before etching.
>
> Good luck and have fun.
>
> Ken H>
>
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