Homebrew PCBs

Thank you for commenting on Pulsar. They swear that it simple and 
easy and claims 6 mills. What was the size of your board and tell us 
more what it meant 'fair'? How dense was the board?

Mike

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "VaporWings" <dsc@d...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>  I just signed up here and have been reading various post. For 
years I have been using just a dry transfer
>  method of making PCB by printing the image on normal laserjet 
paper using a LaserJet5L printer. I then
> using a clothes iron to iron the image onto a scrubbed copper 
board. I  put water on the paper and mostly
> steam off the paper with the iron. The results are fair so I have 
been looking at better ways to do this without
> lots of photo chemicals. In searching I ran across this site which 
has a these film transfer sheets. 
> 
> http://www.pulsar.gs  (also www.dynaart.com)
> 
> In doing a web search I ran across a web-site that had a really 
negative review of these sheets claiming they
> melt in a laser printer.. This would be bad.. Some post here 
indicate people here are using them with
> good results..
> 
> My couple of questions are :
> 1. Do they really work and how well ? The claim of .006 seems 
pretty out there for this type of system.
>    I would be happy with .030 results.
> 
> 2. Is their "EQUIPMENT" Fab In A Box package system of a laminator, 
Break/shear, and a drill press a
>     good deal and do they work ? I have been using a Large drill 
press for years which seems to work but
>     is bulky. I have been using a bandsaw to cut the boards but it 
really dulls the blades. A thought on the small
>     drill press would be to modify it for CNC down the road. 
Their "modified" laminator is $30 more than the
>     same one from Officemax (or so it appears). If the "Mod" worth 
it ? Does anyone here have web pointers
>     to the same type of equipment but cheaper.
> 
> I read in a previous post that someone was wanting to build a 
better agitator tank.
> I have been using an older version of this agitator tank for 
etching the boards.
> 
> http://store.yahoo.com/webtronics/lowcosettans.html
> 
> It has worked well for me. It looks like the newer version has a 
hood and is sealed better
> then the one I have.
> 
> Thanks in advanced,
> Tom G :)