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Re: Dave Mucha?

2004-09-16 by Steve

Dumb question- have you emailed him directly lately? Life happens, so if you email him and don t get a response in a day, I would not stress. I ve had

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Dave Mucha?

2004-09-16 by Trend

thanks, I will post a message on there in a sec. ... From: Dave Hylands To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:50 PM Subject:

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Dave Mucha?

2004-09-15 by Trend

Has anyone seen Dave Mucha? I paid him to develop a schematic for me, and cut a board... and he has never sent me the final schematic.. I have his address, but

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Re: H200 laminator equivalent?

2004-09-15 by Phil

the H200 doesn t have foil setting, per se, but it does have a settings for 3 and 5 MM. The 5MM setting kicks out a lot more heat. I think our friends down

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Re: H200 laminator equivalent?

2004-09-15 by Steve

I think the key is finding a laminator with temp control that has a foil setting. That setting is there specifically to melt toner. Steve

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Re: H200 laminator equivalent?

2004-09-15 by Leon Crowther

Bill, firstly thanks for following up on this, I thought I had heard to last to my question. From my queries locally I have been told that the cheapies run at

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-15 by mikezcnc

No, Phil. The answer is regretfully no. I agree about the cost and I never tried his paper thinking that my pain level starts at 50 cents. There are lots of

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-15 by Phil

actually, I was asking if your dad might know of a non-water based solvent for dextrine in the hope that the solvent would not wrinkle the paper. I wasn t

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Re: Don't use paper towels

2004-09-15 by mikezcnc

Yes, that appears to be the story, at least from Bounty. I checked in the family on that one and got the raised eyebrows. Oddly enough, using I don t seem to

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-15 by mikezcnc

Phil, He cannot, that s the point. They use water based dextrines and machine weaving the paper are the size of a small city block. The pressure on the paper

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Re: Don't use paper towels

2004-09-14 by crankorgan

Phil, It just hit me! Besides the paper towels I was also told to build a rocking table instead of using bubbles. Less mess. I bought a AC geared motor from

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Re: Don't use paper towels

2004-09-14 by Phil

I ve been using paper towels all along and have never had a problem. ... possibility ... chemical ... be ... red ... guy ... board ... several

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-14 by Phil

Maybe your dad could help on this - is there a non-water based solvent for dextrine? It seems like water was the problem. ... at ... all ... behind ... home

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-14 by mikezcnc

Grant, He thought it was crazy to attempt making a dextrine coated paper at home. I tried it several times and agree with that: the paper is all shrunk up and

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-14 by mikezcnc

Grant, I m glad you mentioned the isue of PCBs exiting the laminator; I ll watch for it when I do my ocnversion. Phil, you achieved 2 microns resolution? That

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Re: Don't use paper towels

2004-09-14 by mikezcnc

I called Bounty out of curiosity. I read before about the possibility of paper contaminating my boards. Bounty checked with their chemical engineers and no,

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Re: Milford Inst PCB Driller

2004-09-14 by grantfair2001

Andy at: http://www.gloomy-place.com/cnc.htm has a Milford machine. You could reach him at his email address at the site. He built himself a CNC machine

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-13 by Dave Mucha

... Drano is lye with aluminum chips that can be removed with some ease. Red Devil also makes a similar product. There are two things generally regreed to as

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Milford Inst PCB Driller

2004-09-13 by Kev Pearce (kevp.com)

Hi all, Do any UK members have experience of or use one of the Milford Instruments 3-axis CNC robots thing to drill homemade PCBs holes? I m not looking at CNC

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-13 by art_lammoglia

... wrote: the lye) to try it, yet, though. If anyone HAS tried it, or can try it sooner than I can, I would appreciate hearing about it. (Suggestions for

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-13 by Phil

... use a ... Like I said, if I tack down before feeding the laminator, it works fine. I get within 1-2 microns. Aligning the top and bottom isn t at all an

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-13 by javaguy11111

... that ... solid ... into ... do ... back. ... the ... board ... with ... they ve ... I am using .064 FR4 1oz as well. I use PNP Blue for the transfer. I use

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-13 by Phil

I can t say I m having frustrations, just the normal issues with a new technique. The one thing I see different is that I am using a photocopier (canon pc7xx)

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-13 by grantfair2001

Tom- Up here in Canada lye is commonly (and cheaply) sold in Home Hardware stores. Soap-making hobbyists buy it to make soap. Some food stores here sell

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-13 by grantfair2001

Phil - I too found the instructions without pictures frustrating, but did manage to get the conversion done - but not as quickly as Frank (Pulsar) predicted

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Re: My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-13 by javaguy11111

... I have this same kind of laminator. Assuming the packaging is the same there should have been a sheet of heavy paper included. I took that paper, folded it

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-12 by Phil

Drano uses Lye but I wouldn t touch that stuff (drano OR lye) for anything. Very nasty. I d rather deal with paper residue... ... to be ... and ... farther

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-12 by Thomas P. Gootee

Two slightly-related observations, since this thread s aim seems to be about achieving better/easier release of the paper from the board and toner, after the

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My experiences with the GBC H200

2004-09-12 by Phil

Well, I finally broke down and bought one of these on sale from Staples ($65 + tax). Overall, I like it but it did take some getting used to and its far from

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-12 by grantfair2001

I think that there are many forms of Dextrin. The Pulsar paper is amylose type Dextrin, but from the net it seems that there are several variables which

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-12 by grantfair2001

Photographers use a ferrotype tin , a flat sheet of highly polished (chromed?), flexible sheet metal to get glossy pictures. The wet paper with the photo

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-10 by grantfair2001

Mike - I m not sure why your dad thought you were crazy, after all someone had already made the paper with dextrin. Did he say why he thought you would not

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Re: Don't use paper towels

2004-09-10 by crankorgan

Thanks Leon! Now that makes sense. The mistake I was making was not shaking the spray can of sensitizer. I can t tell you how many boards I sprayed in the

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Don't use paper towels

2004-09-10 by crankorgan

After you clean up your copper surfaces don t use a paper towel on the copper. Air dry the copper. I was told if you rub the board with a paper towel it leaves

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Re: Dextrin as release from TT paper

2004-09-10 by leon_heller

... laundry ... indicates a ... prepasted ... on the ... with ... Thinking about it, stuff like spray starch and wallpaper paste will actually be dextrin, not

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