Homebrew PCBs

Toner transfers directly to pcb stock very easily, and very fine 
traces can be achieved. The problems are more mechanical than 
electrostatic. I, and several other people on this list have done 
this over and over, using a variety of printers and mods. It's also 
much easier to implement than either toner transfer or inkjet printing.

Mark


At 12:55 PM 10/26/2010, you wrote:
>Tim,
>Before worrying about the fuser, can you accurately transfer the toner to
>the PCB?
>I expect that to be the big problem to overcome.
>Bertho
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>From: Tim S   Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:46
>Hi LeMar,
>I only have the fuser and power supplys left in the LJ II. I stripped
>everything else off, I just wanted to be able to fuse the toner transfer
>artwork onto the copperclad instead of ironing it on. I just drive the
>SI-7300a stepper driver with a ATtiny2313 running a simple C program. That's
>as far as I have gotten thus far. Next, I plan to build a temperature
>controller for the fuser, based on the AC power supply from the LJ II. I
>will use a microprocessor to sense the temperature and turn the triac on and
>off to maintain a selected temperature in the fuser. Hopefully, this will
>allow me to fuse the artwork onto the copper by passing it through the LJ
>fuser. If there is interest, I will post my methods.
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>I am interested in the direct printing, this is just an experiment to see if
>I can make this concept work for the .062 boards with toner transfer paper.
>If the fuser won't fuse the toner onto the copper, direct print won't work
>with these printers.
>Tim
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