2012-08-02 by Robin Whittle
Hi John, ... The floodlight is a yellow aluminium device with a glass cover and a steel frame for sitting on the ground. It is intended for building sites and
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2012-08-01 by Nuno T.
Hi John, Don t have much experience with different exposure lamps to say which one is better, but can give you some solid info on the HF ballasts vs tube
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2012-08-01 by v321uk
Robin, Does your 500W halogen connect directly to the mains or does it need a ballast or current limiter? Do you use a base (socket) how do you connect to the
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2012-08-01 by Tony Smith
... once I had ... from ... following ... Ignore everything bar autotuning - it sets most of those options for you. They are pretty simple, but it s one of
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2012-08-01 by zawy
I thought a temp controller should be easier to figure out, and I guess once I had it in hand the 4 pages of instructions in the 8 page manual would convert
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2012-08-01 by v321uk
Robin, Fly Zapper tubes are around 350nm but will be changing soon to 368nm The following from:
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2012-08-01 by John
The quartz halogen car headlamp bulb successfully exposed the PCB. I ran the bulb at 13.8V with just the 65W filament connected at a distance of about 4 from
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2012-08-01 by Robin Whittle
Hi John, I am responding to your message in: Re: PCB light box - hf ballast / ... I guess a quartz iodide (AKA quartz halogen) headlight lamp would work OK
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2012-08-01 by v321uk
Hi Robin, Thanks for the comprehensive info. Do you think a car quartz halogen headlamp would have sufficient UV output ? I have a new 12V dual filament 50W +
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2012-08-01 by v321uk
Hi Paul, Thanks for the info on the commercial unit. Re timer as I need to make a board asap I ll just do it with clock and switch initially. Thanks, John
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2012-08-01 by Robin Whittle
Hi Russell, In Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB light box - hf ballast / tube wattage - 400W ... Wow!!! ... I think the 10 watt (power consumption) one would do the
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2012-08-01 by John Anhalt
Regarding parallel vs. series, wouldn t putting the bulbs in series decrease the starting voltage available for each? In series, they share the same current,
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2012-08-01 by Russell Shaw
... I got a 380nm 10W LED. I haven t tried it yet.
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2012-08-01 by Paul
Hi John I don t know about the ballast question, in my old commercial but un-branded box which I got from a rally it matches the tubes. Mine has 2 x 8W 29cm
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2012-08-01 by Robin Whittle
Hi John, Generally, gas discharge tubes cannot be operated in parallel. They need a high voltage to start, but settle down to a low voltage ca. 90 volts (I
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2012-08-01 by v321uk
When buying an HF ballast and fluorescent tube does the ballast wattage have to match the tube wattage? Is it allowable to use an hf ballast of higher wattage
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2012-07-31 by Bob Butcher
I uploaded a couple of photos of one cutter as well as some cuts made with the cutter. Note that the cuts were made on a Bridgeport milling machine with a
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2012-07-31 by KalleP
Laminator ideas (untested :-). ... If you are ok with reading a manual you can work out most temperature controllers, it is a single setpoint so not rocket
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2012-07-31 by zawy
The amount of benzene, lead oxide, acetone, and hydrochloric acid produced will depend on the temperature of the tip, the amount of rosin in the solder, the
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2012-07-31 by lists
In article , ... MDF is worst of all. I use http://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/product/AIR_PRO/4/178/airshield_pro_respirator_230v_uk_.html
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2012-07-31 by wayne.causey
zawy, Thanks for the analytical data and regs pertaining to PCB dust, etc. I have been curious about these topics for some time and your information is timely.
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2012-07-30 by zawy
The digital temperature controller looks nice and hard to figure out, but I m going to use my multimeter s thermocouple (the first time I ve ever used it) to
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2012-07-30 by zawy
Tungsten carbide and fiberglass dust are allowed up to 5mg/m^3 in non-protected 8-hour work environments, day-after day. This is basically saying they are only
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2012-07-30 by Slavko Kocjancic
... Do you can post some photo of that?
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2012-07-29 by Tony Smith
... leaving a ... and ... the rod. ... The boards are made from fibreglass, the dust from cutting it isn t overly good for your health. The particles are
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2012-07-29 by Peter Johansson
OT warning.... ... I have been told that carbide dust is quite dangerous. Are these concerns overblown? Do you take precautions? -p.
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2012-07-28 by zawy
The Harbor Freight Laminator is a good thing because they keep the same items for years and years, so posting our experience with it could help others. It s
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2012-07-27 by Bob Butcher
I am no t sure about the best cutter, but have an almost free solution to the problem. I have been using a homemade cutter for PCBs recently, and it works
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2012-07-27 by Robin Whittle
Hi Tom, Can you tell us what type of Riston you have and where you live? - Robin http://www.firstpr.com.au/pcb-diy/
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2012-07-26 by tda7000
... I bought some of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-2-00mm-0787-CHIPBREAKER-CARBIDE-ROUTER-BURRS-DP-Kyocera-Tycom-/380446241277 (Really good seller, too!)
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2012-07-26 by wayne.causey
Any recommendations? Bit and Speed. Thanks.
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2012-07-26 by krisfr
Yes, this is the company that I ordered from too. They have increased their price also. I will hope for the best and see what happens. I ordered some of their
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2012-07-26 by twb8899
I have DuPont dry film photoresist on hand if anyone needs some. I use it in a DuPont HRL-24 hot roll laminator so I can supply laminated FR-4 panels as well.
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2012-07-26 by Robin Whittle
I just ordered a second batch of DuPont Riston MM540 (38 micron): http://www.ebay.com/itm/170869878820 from eBay seller gaminn: http://myworld.ebay.com/gaminn/
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2012-07-26 by tda7000
I guess it s not the highest quality but it does work. Yes there are some wrinkles on my sheets too (but only on the edges) and I am not using the full size
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2012-07-26 by krisfr
That, the link you show here, is the company I had the poor results with. One of the plastic sheet, on both side of the resist, was wrinkled and for my
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2012-07-25 by tda7000
... I don t know about cheap but I bought the cheapest I could find at the time: http://www.ebay.com/itm/320735055777 So far it s worked well for me. Haven t
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2012-07-25 by krisfr
Anyone know of source of Cheap Photoresist Film? My last purchase on ebay was poor in quality and high priced... Thanks in advance...
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2012-07-25 by Greg
Kevin,scanned and sent to your yahoo email. Regards Greg vk5gj/vk5xgh
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2012-07-24 by Kevin B
Steve, Yes you are correct, when it was originally built, the PCB design was from the ARRL handbook, he decided to use that over a point to point perforated
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2012-07-24 by Norm
... I have the book (1985 ed.) - but a computer crash left me with no scanner/computer hookup (getting back there, but slowly). I can COPY them and send by
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2012-07-23 by J. Caria
Hi, I have the 95 edition and it has the pcboard pattern for a HV power supply. I can see the same pattern in the 92 edition. Give me your e-mail address and I
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2012-07-23 by Boman33
Well, I got 1965, 1979 & 1989 editions but unfortunately not the years he is looking for. Bertho ... From: Andrew Hakman Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 15:54 I
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2012-07-23 by Andrew Hakman
I have the 1991 edition, which I bought from a library clearing out old books, a long time ago now. The library I got it from is notoriously bad for keeping
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2012-07-23 by AlienRelics
I expect he may have already posted in some groups dedicated to ham radio. I think what he is saying, is that this was built using the PCB pattern for a bridge
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2012-07-22 by Mars Bonfire
A couple of thoughts and guesses: I totally agree with the poster who offered that the board looks like perforated board (i.e. point to point wiring) not a
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2012-07-21 by T' Bear
For what it s worth; the Radio Shack part no. is still used by Radio Shack. They may have re-cycled it, but it still is listed as printed circuit board
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2012-07-21 by Kevin B
Yes thats were I got the pdf from and it mentions the board layout from them arrl handbook ... From: Andrew Volk Sent: 21/07/2012 6:05 To:
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2012-07-20 by Andrew Volk
Kevin - Have you looked at http://www.813am.qsl.br/artigos/linear/DX-811A_GG_Linear_Amplifier.pdf? No board layouts. It looks like it was all perf board from
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2012-07-20 by Kevin B
Thanks Paul, The amp was built from an article in the September 1982 CQ magazine called how to build the DX-811a, I have that article along with the amp that
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