2006-08-02 by James Newton
... I would be very happy to add any photos or other information to the page, if you will email them to me. I looked for the double sided- solder masked photos
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2006-08-02 by James Newton
... http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/directinkjetresist.htm ... that ... to ... Thank you, I do try. ... you ... And with that, I will PayPal you
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2006-08-02 by lcdpublishing
Check into the wetting or cleaning agents for contact lenses. Being that they are plastic, they need some sort of chemical on them to keep them wet and
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2006-08-02 by Stefan Trethan
I will visit the chemicals shop tomorrow, and i d like to prepare for future wetting agent/break fluid experiments. They have a whole host of glycols, which i
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2006-08-02 by Stefan Trethan
Didn t have as much time today as i hoped. I discovered the first PCB i made yesterday was not mirrored when printed out - one must mirror PCBs with this
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2006-08-02 by roycepipkins
Ah, my search parameters were wrong. Epson C84 only got one result. Searching for Stylus C84 and excludeing the word ink was much more fruitful. ...
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2006-08-02 by Stefan Trethan
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:20:42 +0200, Bill Westfield ... i just leave the second side blank and etch it away as well. The only single-sided
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2006-08-02 by Bill Westfield
Another vote for ABCFAB on eBay. I wish they had more thin and single sided boards, but they seem to have more than anyone else. If you have a local surplus
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2006-08-02 by Stefan Trethan
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:28:16 +0200, James Newton ... Now that s nice! And all with pictures too! I ll make the missing photos and screenshots today and get
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2006-08-02 by Stefan Trethan
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:02:16 +0200, roycepipkins ... Royce, really, there is no reason to prefer a new printer. You will void the
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2006-08-02 by Volkan Sahin
Stefan, Great great great. I really don t know what to say, you also did a good documentation. James, thanks for your nice touches. I have also some pictures
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2006-08-02 by James Newton
... wrote: ... the $50 ... The writeup is up at http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/directinkjetresist.htm and I ve
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2006-08-02 by Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Monthly Reminder, please read: Messages and threads: Please do NOT start a new thread by replying to another message. Even if you change the subject line
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2006-08-02 by guja
too much vias. ... Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2006-08-02 by roycepipkins
Great news! Great write-up! Congrats! I am excited to see a 2nd person get good results. I would really like to get in on this. I don t trust the one C84 I see
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2006-08-01 by Robert Hedan
at least the PCB fabrication process. http://www.xavierkamial.com/images/Demo%20003%20small.JPG I probably will do the asembly for a while, until I can get
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2006-08-01 by lcdpublishing
Bravo Stefan!!!!! If you need more ink, contact me off-list, I still have the stuff I bought with you when we all started on this. There isn t much light at
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2006-08-01 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:52:04 +0200, Robert Hedan ... Have you looked at the pictures of my printer and carrier board? Maybe it gives you some ideas.. I may be
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2006-08-01 by Stefan Trethan
There s so much more that needs doing. Curing time effects Different / other inks (hopefully cheaper) Doublesided alignment Component legend print Use of ink
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2006-08-01 by Robert Hedan
... I gotta get a thicker carpet, that drop hurt. Congrats are definitely in order. Determining that curing plays such an important role is uh, well, very
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2006-08-01 by Myc Holmes
Don t belittle the effort, You did put some numbers on the process. that makes it much more capable of being repeated. Thats a lot better than heating it over
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2006-08-01 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:41:16 +0200, Myc Holmes ... Well, it s probably much more low-tech than you imagine... I haven t looked into
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2006-08-01 by Myc Holmes
Nice piece of work, Stefan, getting the time / temprature curing curve. have you tried it in your smt oven? Can t wait for the photos! What kind of pcb
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2006-08-01 by Stefan Trethan
Hi, It seems i finally cracked it! Made PCBs with no more through-etching and ink so tough not even acetone can take it off! I spent a few hours cooking PCBs
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2006-08-01 by Leon Heller
... From: Stefan Trethan To: Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Been
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2006-08-01 by lcdpublishing
Correct, I was referring to the problems of puddling on the PCBs when printing with ink jets. ... large ... density
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2006-08-01 by Stefan Trethan
... I think it s to do with the static things. If you have a thin line the static can pull in more toner from the edges i suppose, while a large area only gets
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2006-08-01 by Jan Kok
... Sorry to get a bit off topic, but why is that? ... And what s with flood fill with inkjets? - Jan
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2006-08-01 by lcdpublishing
It s not a problem as much as it is a curiosity. Like I say, I can fill in the spots quickly with a sharpie - only takes a couple seconds. It is interesting
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2006-08-01 by Russell Shaw
... The fuser has a high-temp sponge pad the width of the roller that wipes off toner. It gets clogged and is a regular replacement item. You can clean it
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2006-07-31 by Stefan Trethan
... So now the question is if the OP sees replace fuser or replace drum . If he sees replace fuser either the heater circuit or the thermocouple might have
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2006-07-31 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:33:21 +0200, lcdpublishing ... This is because laser printers can not really print large black areas. Hold a printout against a light..
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2006-07-31 by Ron Yost
... Ah, yes! Oops. Drum is indeed what I meant .. the photosensitive green thingy. Thanks for the correction! And appologies to the original poster. Ron
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2006-07-31 by lcdpublishing
I know this has been mentioned before but I think it bears repeating. I have been using pages from Time magazine. Run it through the laser printer like normal
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2006-07-31 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:06:19 +0200, Herbert E. Plett ... What black spots? You mean the blackened areas of copper? That s what the
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2006-07-31 by Herbert E. Plett
Stefan: what are those black spots on your etched boards? re picture labelled acetone : I would never even try to use a board as dirty as this looks for toner
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2006-07-31 by Stefan Trethan
a worn fuser causes faded prints? Isn t that a worn drum instead? When i had a worn fuser it would put vertical lines on the paper... ST
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2006-07-31 by Ron Yost
... No. But I have experience with one of these for their normal purposes .. see below. ... That s probably why they gave it to you. ;-) There s a page
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2006-07-31 by Leon Heller
... From: mark.mickelsen To: Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:09 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: HP
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2006-07-31 by mark.mickelsen
I just want to make sure I understand this. The HP5940 is an inkjet printer and you re using film so this must be for a photographic process and not for toner
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2006-07-31 by leon_heller
I just made my first PCB using the HP 5940 and Jetstar Premium film, it came out very well. As it s for an RF application I used a hatched copper pour over
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2006-07-31 by Volkan Sahin
Stefan, I didn t measure it. I don t have temp sensor. What I am doing is, curing it until no more smoke is coming from the ink and copper becomes silvery
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2006-07-31 by Robert Hedan
... Yup, direct access. Robert
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2006-07-30 by scratch_6057
Anyone know anything about or have any experience with using a QMS magiccolor 2 color laser printer for Toner Transfer? Someone GAVE me one yesterday, and it
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2006-07-30 by Stefan Trethan
I tried around with it most of the day. The ink doesn t seem to resist fully and properly. I even tried FeCl, but the stain in a bottle shows even more
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2006-07-30 by alan00463
... I wasn t even thinking about double-sided boards, Mike. Applying a TT to a single sided board at ~300F would be hard enough, I would think. I was
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2006-07-30 by sethkoster
... I got the GBC Creative which was recommended on the pulsar.gs website. It does not appear to have a temp control and when I measured it s temp I found it
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2006-07-30 by Mike
I just do single sided boards. Good point regarding double sided boards and pre-heating. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2006-07-30 by alan00463
... transfer. That sounds easy. Except for one thing. How do you align the TT material on the 300 degF PCB?
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2006-07-29 by Steve
... Which laminator? Does it have a temp control? If so, it should be set on Foil or whatever is the hottest setting. If it does not have a temp control, then
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