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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Acids that eat Paper

2004-10-12 by Roger, in Bangkok

Not and acid, but ... hydrogen peroxide breaks down paper rather nicely. I expect 35% peroxide that is used in food processing and agriculture would do nicely.

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-11 by fkang

Are these eyelets at Mouser too big for what people are looking for? If nothing else, they sure are cheap. Stock: 534-22 1/16 Tin plated brass ID: .045 OD:

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-11 by dave_needle

Thanks, the supplier is actually International Eyelets. The price is 14 cents each in 100 qty. I have asked them for a volume price at 20,000 pcs, I will need

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-11 by dave_needle

Yep, thats them. The price is 14 cents each in 100 qty. I have asked them for a volume price at 20,000 pcs, I will need 2000 for me, and I can resell them to

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-11 by dave_needle

International eyelets is the supplier. The price is 14 cents each in 100 qty. I have asked them for a volume price at 20,000 pcs, I will need 2000 for me, and

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-11 by dave_needle

Yep, thats them. The price is 14 cents each in 100 qty. I have asked them for a volume price at 20,000 pcs, I will need 2000 for me, and I can resell them to

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Re: Acids that eat Paper

2004-10-11 by Phil

... works like the successes that I ve read about for the TT method, But I did find a paper that gave reasonable results ... if I could eat or break down the

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Re: Acids that eat Paper

2004-10-11 by Phil

... sodium hydroxide, lye, will break down the lignen (iirc) in paper. Of course that s the opposite of an acid so it doesn t meet the strict definition of

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Acids that eat Paper

2004-10-11 by Thomas

Hi any suggestions for an Acid that will eat paper and not the Copper Thomas :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: Toner transfer and bubble etching

2004-10-11 by Phil

I d use the iron for about 3 minutes - 1 min is probably too short. It looks to me like you didn t get hot enough everywhere - make sure you move it around as

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by Phil

... OK. It is unfortunate that people skimp on bypass caps but that seems independent to routing. I suspect an autorouted board can have just as many

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by crankorgan

Phil, What I ment was he may work on circuits that don t require a certain type component layout. I have trouble shot micro circuits where traces ran all over

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by Steve

... I love the menu! Very clever. So you meant Build Your Own Printed Circuit Board by Al Williams, not Making Printed Circuit Boards by Jan Axelson. Dang!

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Toner transfer and bubble etching

2004-10-10 by Philip Pemberton

Hi, First of all, I m new to this group, so please go easy on me. I ve been etching PCBs for a good five years, and have just exhausted my first batch of

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by Phil

... So, one should NOT discuss manual routing at all in a book on PCB design? That doesn t make sense to me. Especially when the Eagle autorouter will stall

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by Dave Mucha

... is ... none ... If you read the book, then send him a note of what you want for the second edition. He s a pretty nice guy and always likes to hear from

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by crankorgan

Phil, There are tons of circuits out there where the component and trace layout is not important. Chopper controllers and audio amps are a different story.

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-10 by Phil

By the way, I was at a big box bookstore today and saw a book by Al Williams Making Printed Circuit Boards . Half the book is an Eagle tutorial. From my 5

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-10 by grantfair2001

Apparently Mouser sells them for $26 for 500. You can get one type for 10 cents per from Far Circuits: EYLETS .055 OD .042 ID FOR DOUBLE SIDED BOARD THRU

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-09 by Phil

yeah, obscure is Eagle s middle name - press the ratsnest button (obvious, huh?). You do have to make an actual connection to the polygon for it to work. I

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-09 by daveismissing

Thanks John I am aware of the fill but as I am an eagle rookie i have not found the way to display fill on the screen. I tend to do a lot of rectangles -

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-09 by Dave Mucha

... Hi Dave, Who is the supplier ? since there is at least one other person who wants them, maybe a higher quantity order will get a lower price ? Dave

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Re: Help me find eyelets

2004-10-09 by ballendo

Hello, Not a direct answer, but htese guys DO have tin lined copper tubing, (but too big a diameter as std.... But they DO sell hypodermic tubing as well, so

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Help me find eyelets

2004-10-09 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 10/8/2004 11:09:31 PM Central Standard Time, dave@davenmargo.com writes: Does someone know where to get the copper eyelets, or does someone

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Help me find eyelets

2004-10-09 by dave_needle

I make many PCBs at home, using copper eyelets at the method for thru-holes. I used to buy them from Pulsar (formerly DynaArt), but they no longer sell them.

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PCB Oktoberfest - San Jose

2004-10-08 by Joanna

PCB Oktoberfest - San Jose Okto – ber – fest October – beer – fest Have you ever attended an Octoberfest with a PCB twist? - What is it? Well, it s a

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Re: UV laser exposure

2004-10-08 by Steve

I m looking forward to it! But please, post it in Files, not Photos. The Photos section only allows everyone to see a 300x400 max size, only the moderators and

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-08 by Phil

yup yup yup, eagle makes it pretty easy - I do it all the time. I just create a polygon that surrounds my entire board, name it gnd (or what ever you use for

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Re: programmers pay attention

2004-10-08 by crankorgan

With the Eagle program you can FILL the ground plane around the traces. Hans told us how many messages back. I used this method on my Piker board. All ground

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programmers pay attention

2004-10-08 by daveismissing

Why isn t all this software done the other way round? I really just want to define how much space I want between traces. I want all the rest to be trace. Less

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Epson DURABrite Inks

2004-10-08 by Stefan Trethan

... Well, IMO there are the following requirements for a direct-print ink: a) etch resistant - means not water soluble and not attacked by the etchant. b) 100%

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Epson DURABrite Inks

2004-10-08 by Thomas

Hi btw has anyone tried this ink on a PCB ?? http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/DuraBrite/DuraBriteMain.jsp DURABrite® Ink is a revolutionary pigment-based

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Re: UV laser exposure

2004-10-07 by Cristian

... What it really meant? ************************************************** Thanks for confirming my calculations. I ll try to buy the CrystaLaser, if they ll

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Re: UV laser exposure

2004-10-07 by RMustakos

Christian & Adam, Where I m having an issue understanding is where the time comes from. It looks like the 100mJ/cm^2 is really 100 mW*Seconds/cm^2 as 1 Joule =

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