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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-22 by Volkan Sahin

James, I was kidding, money is not important indeed it is a fraction of what I spent till now. I what to document it to make it repeatable and to transfer my

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-22 by roycepipkins

I was wondering what you all thought of the notion of cooling the copper board, heating the copper board or electrically charging the copper board as it goes

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-22 by Gus S Calabrese

I will kick in $100 in addition to James. IF......... the method is 99% repeatable and the resolution is suitable for .025 inch lead spacing. ( P.S. I will

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-22 by James Newton

... The ... Absolutly! In fact, it should be you, but I need a complete write up with pictures so that others can reasonibly be expected to duplicate it. And

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-21 by Myc Holmes

Freecycle is a good idea.I ve gotten a few things from it as well as given away a few.. Next time you see a wide screen TV listed, let me know :) Keep up the

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-21 by Stefan Trethan

damn it, wanted to try some more and suddenly the printer goes into error mode when i try to print anything. It starts up OK with no fault, then as soon as i

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-21 by Volkan Sahin

I have a working solution, can I be a candidate?:) Volkan ....No one has provided me a write up and pictures on how to do it. The first person who does gets

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-21 by James Newton

... No one has provided me a write up and pictures on how to do it. The first person who does gets the $50.

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Toaster oven soldering

2006-07-21 by Leon Heller

I thought I d try the cheap toaster oven I bought some months ago. I had a couple of spare PCBs (solder mask and HASL tinning) for my LPC2106 Philips ARM

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Price is SLOWLY coming down.

2006-07-21 by Dean Batute

Direct Inkjet Printing is QUITE the topic. I ve been thinking about it since I saw the first Straight Through printer. I just found this...

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-21 by Myc Holmes

WOW, mark it on your calender, Stefan and I agree on something! This kind of grail quest does occaisionally give glimpses of success, though only just enough

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-20 by Myc Holmes

Maybe only one company has perfected the technique and has spent lots of money to create a commercially viable production technique. Carefully note the last

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-20 by mycroft2152

Len, Hmmm, interesting technical discussion, but how about something practical and positive that will move along the direct to pcb printing? Voltan s

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Re: New URL in 2005 - Dyna Art

2006-07-20 by Len Warner

... From their web site: http://www.pulsar.gs/PCB/a_Pages/_Horizontal_PCB/a_Company/Company.html We launched our business in 1988 under the name DynaArt

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-19 by Len Warner

... Errm, not quite: add up the percentages in the MSDS. It s 21% to 37% various glycols but the major part, 63% to 79%, is various glycol ethers, not at all

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Volkan Sahin

Don t forget to clean your pcb after each try and after applying brake fluid wipe it a few times to create very thin film on the copper surface. Volkan ... i

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Volkan Sahin

I have used Pennzoil DOT 3 Brake Fluid. I think its boiling point was around 400-450F. You can find its datasheet from their web. Don t forget to use this

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Stefan Trethan

I shouldn t have reported good success so soon. The first print with the break fluid went fantastic . well, the second really, the first i didn t wipe it away

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Lez

Brake fluid evaporates? At what temps? I know many an ex-wife who will tell you it makes an excellent paint stripper so how it helps ink is beyond my

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Volkan Sahin

Stefan, That s great. Don t worry about etching it will evaporate while curing without leaving any residue. Good luck. Volkan ..i hope the breaking fluid will

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by mycroft2152

The active ingredient in Brake fluid is a glycol, as per the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet): http://www.warcopro.com/spanish/pages/brakefluid-pdf.html

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Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by lcdpublishing

That is just so strange. Volkan is indeed demonstrating that he is a crafty fellow! Brake fluid, what the heck! For a wetting agent, that would have been

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Stefan Trethan

Volkan, the breaking fluid indeed works! I m amazed, and stumped how you worked that one out. No more puddling at all - looks great. Now i hope the breaking

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: inkjet printing

2006-07-18 by Stefan Trethan

... Steve, you were right, in a way. There was a leak on top of the cartridge. But not the stopper, i punctured the plastic membrane inside the cart with the

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: CNC

2006-07-18 by Cristian

... www.imagetogcode.com converts bmp to gcode in Windows By the way, is Gcode different from Gerber? Googling I ve found that Gcode is RS274D (that means

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When did Dyna Art's site go away?

2006-07-17 by Steve

Anyone know what happened to them? http://www.dynaart.com/ Only goes to one of those generic sites left behind when a URL registration runs out. Steve

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Re: CNC

2006-07-17 by Andrew

... http://timeguy.com/cradek/image-to-gcode One of the guys that does a lot of stuff with the Linux EMC thing has a BMP to G code page. Does not look very

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PCB CLAD FR4

2006-07-17 by Bengt

Hi, I have some FR4 for sale if you are interested. This is material from well known telecom company that has closed down one of their PCB factories. High

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Super Bubbler - Status report...

2006-07-17 by lcdpublishing

Hi Guys, Just thought I should provide a quick update on the super bubbler project - works great! Total etch process... Print layout on Dell Catalog pages

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