Homebrew PCBs

When I was doing my gear melting experiments, I used a small bead type 
thermocouple in contact with one of the rollers. I placed it near the 
end of the roller so that it wouldn't mar the contact areas. I wedged it 
in so that it's own springiness would hold it in place against the 
roller. This was good enough for my experiments, but for permanence, I 
would have had to find a better way. It gave reasonably repeatable 
readings.

BTW- My thermal controller worked great at 200C. Cannot say the same for 
the gears:-)

Harvey


On 12/21/2016 8:26 AM, kbyrne10@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>
> I have a TL902 Thermal laminator with a brand name Scotch and a 
> question along the line of thought if I may. What is the proper way to 
> determine the temps it runs at as all the manual says is two temps one 
> 3mil  thin stock,second 5mil thicker stock? I have a MASIONE Infrared 
> Thermometer (58 degrees to 716 degrees F). Will that be accurate when 
> dot is ob board as soon as it can be seen coming out of lam? I am 
> trying to figure out toner transfer and green trf transfer temps out 
> for size before I buy a Apache ect.
>
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