Homebrew PCBs

OK, Stefan, I got the message, sorry for overlooking teh rules.. This 
time, for a change, WILL BE about Mr Gootee and his suggestion. I 
just made a trial and I used a laminator. That paper is no different 
than most of papers suggested and tried by me. By the way, just a 
remark, it is an inkjet paper with heavy 'photographic' coating. One 
sheet is 30 cents. I noticed that paper wonders on its way out of the 
Laser printer. In fact on two trials, the first time when using a 
half a sheet, the image came out straight. The second time, even if 
the whole sheet was fed into the printer, the image was offset by 15 
degrees, although still correct (I hate to think about registration, 
if needed). I was using a laminator and a 0.032 PCB. It was hot, even 
and thin enough. Paper is very thick and it soaked for 15 minutes. I 
got maybe 60% of transferred image. Some lements transferred better 
then others. 

I have to admit that my image was very challenging and I was 
particularly impressed that certain three lines in a crowded area, 
transferred really well (100%). That gives me hope that possibly I 
didn't clean well enough (I really didn't). More trials to come. 
Amazingly all SMD pads transferred really well, I just lost 40% of 
traces.  Mike


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan 
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:50:49 -0000, mikezcnc <eemikez@c...> wrote:
> 
> > Great answers, thanks Stefan and Dave... So T-tech is great for...
> > drilling, if one can print it, one can etch it. But what about
> > the 'blackness'? How light-tight is hte ink? I don't think that 
idea
> > of printing twice on hte same sheet is good.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> 
> there is some severe topic drift obviously.
> We are no longer talking about TT as the subject says?
> please change the subject line.
> 
> ST