Homebrew PCBs

Hi,
Don't you now any links to sites that explain this with pictures?
and do you know where to buy equipment to do this?

Thanks for the many replies :)
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:
> In a message dated 06-Dec-01 10:10:12 Central Standard Time, 
> thor918@o... writes:
> 
> 
> > Does anybody know how to print on top of the pcb.
> > 
> 
> Thor:  This is done by "silk-screening".  A photographically-
made "screen" 
> (once made only of silk, but I think, nowadays, some tougher 
polyester is 
> used?) is used as a stencil, and PAINT is "squeegied" onto the 
board.  The 
> screen is liquid-tight in areas where you do NOT want the paint, 
and only the 
> "screen" (open weave of the "silk" cloth) is clear, allowing paint 
to squeeze 
> through.  This is an "art" which is used in more than just PCB 
work!  All 
> kinds of posters, signs, labels, etc., are made by the 
familiar "silk-screen" 
> method.
> 
> HOWEVER!  If you just MUST have some labelling on the "top" of a 
PCB, but 
> wanna make only ONE, and NOT spend all that for the frame, silk-
screen stock, 
> developer, squeegie-tool, paint, etc., you can use IMPRESSION 
lettering 
> and/or patterns.  Good art-supply stores will have more than just 
letters in 
> that stuff!  You want white or maybe yellow, but NOT black, etc., 
as those 
> colors hardly show on a FR-4 board.  Once you have "rubbed off" 
your entire 
> pattern, words, labels, etc., then SPRAY the top with clear enamel 
or 
> lacquer. AFTER you have etched!  And be careful not to get any of 
that on the 
> "copper side"!  It will look as nice as your steady hand can do 
that!  I have 
> done this countless times!  Also, for making "professional looking" 
panels!  
> Dial-numbers, ON/OFF, etc.  Just SPRAY it after all the rubbing-
off/on is 
> done!
> 
> Jan Rowland