Homebrew PCBs

A WAFFLE IRON!
NICE I like it this idea.
square... uniform heat from both sides.

I would give up the paper experiments though.
Toner heat transfer paper costs $10 for a hundred sheets of the yellow 
waxy paper
and there is zero wait and soak time.... and zero hard scrubbing to get 
rid of the paper.
I tossed the hot copper and paper into a dish of tap water and in less 
than a minute
it peeled off clean:
http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/tonerb0.jpg
My same experiment with regular paper produced a fuzzy mess:
http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/tonerb1.jpg

I had tried glossy magazine paper with great success so I would use 
glossy magazine paper if I ever ran out of the toner tansfer paper.

Digital thermometers are now $10 so you might want to experiment with 
more knowledge
of the Goldylocks temperature zone.... when the toner sticks... and what 
temp is too hot for the
PCB before it bubbles.

I see Kohls sells waffle irons for $20 now....... hmmmmmm.... you got me 
thinking I need one of these toys.


On 09/04/2016 07:02 PM, Mark Schoonover mark@... [Homebrew_PCBs] 
wrote:
>
> Similar concept to my PCB Press: 
> http://www.ka6wke.net/finished-projects/pcb-press
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 21:38 roomberg@... <mailto:roomberg@...> 
> [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm new here. I thought I posted this but I got no email so I'll
>     try it again.
>
>     I was working through laminator toner tranfer mods and melted a
>     plastic
>
>     gear
>
>     http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html
>
>
>
>     	
>     image <http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html>
>     	
>     	
>     http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html
>     Goto al9 page +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Goto
>     STOVE TOP TONER TRANSFER PAGE
>     	
>     View on www.learnmorsecod...
>     <http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html>
>     	
>     Preview by Yahoo
>
>
>     so while I was waiting for metal gears to arrive in the mail I
>
>     stumbled onto this stove top method and I already had the heavy
>     metal and
>
>     the silicone rubber so my olny expense was the hot plate:
>
>     http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html
>
>
>
>
>     	
>     image <http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html>
>     	
>     	
>     http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html
>     I stumbled onto this method and just had to try it. 3 minute
>     heat... great peel... using toner heat transfer glossy paper:
>     	
>     View on www.learnmorsecod...
>     <http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html>
>     	
>     Preview by Yahoo
>
>
>     I am very pleased with the results.
>
>     All the time effort and money I spent on chasing laminator solutions
>
>     has not been for nothing. I learned a lot about what we wanted in
>
>     temperature and pressure.
>
>
>     The 6 inch square block of 1 inch steel plate plus the C clamp
>     weighs 12 pounds. I'd call that a press.
>
>
> -- 
>
> Mark Schoonover KA6WKE
> Author: 4NEC2 The Definitive Guide 
> https://leanpub.com/4nec2definitiveguide
> Website: http://www.ka6wke.net
> Resume: http://cv.ka6wke.net
>
>