Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: LaserJet 5P
2004-05-18 by Ron Amundson
... Wow, thats pretty impressive. The IIIp served me well, and I upgraded supposedly to a 4 and it was absolutely terrible alignment wise, so I went back to
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Re: LaserJet 5P
2004-05-17 by leon_heller
... fine and is ... are a ... I use tracing paper for the transparencies. I ve just made a PCB with 10 mil tracks - the results were excellent. I ll try 8/8
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] LaserJet 5P
2004-05-17 by Stefan Trethan
On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:47:09 +0100, Leon Heller ... artwork you say, meaning ohp transparencys? or tt? ST
LaserJet 5P
2004-05-17 by Leon Heller
I ve just bought a LaserJet 5P on eBay (30 GBP). It s working fine and is *much* better than my old IIIp for doing PCB artwork, the tracks are a lot more dense
Re: First PCB....
2004-05-17 by Phil
If you must use FeCl, don t get the pellets or powder. Its exothermic (I think this is the right term) when it reacts with water and produces a lot of heat
Please trim! Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-17 by Steve
We seem to be getting an awful lot of 3 page quotes 5 messages deep with one line of Thanks, I appreciate it lately Please trim. And consider sending thanks
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE: First PCB....
2004-05-17 by Stefan Trethan
... How to treat FeCl? Some would say dump it, never use it ;-). There are only a few tricks how you can prolong life, acids i think. and electrolysis... Not
RE: First PCB....
2004-05-17 by P K
Hi to everyone. OK, I am not new to the world of PCB making (using college equipment) but now I want to make my own at home, staring simple with a PCB kit from
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Blackening Copper
2004-05-17 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:00:45 -0700 (PDT), mpdickens ... not yet... i ll tell you then. ST
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-17 by JanRwl@AOL.COM
In a message dated 5/16/2004 6:59:03 PM Central Standard Time, phil1960us@yahoo.com writes: a net in eagle is a number of pins that are electically connected
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-17 by Phil
yup, pretty much what Jeremy said. dont use busses. go ahead and delete the busses you made. nets can be a bit tricky to actually get connected. Run the ERC
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-17 by Jeremy Taylor
You have to place the components on the board, then run the autorouter. It will not place components for you, thus it can not autoroute till you do so. It will
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-17 by teilhardo
So, if I put nets together with my components, and then switch to layout editor, isn t the program supposed to logically come up with a layout? In my
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-17 by Jeremy Taylor
pcb-gcode ulp does Isolation It also comes with decent documentation. John Johnson did a great job with these files. JT ... From: Dave Mucha To:
Re: 500 buck CNC pcb drill+ - is it ready yet ?
2004-05-17 by Dave Mucha
... I can understand the problems with too many projects in the works. I m REALLY interested in the 12 x 18 and have a power supply, NEMA34s (single stack) and
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-17 by Adam Seychell
... I know when you *really* heat salts you will get most stable form, which would be potassium oxide.
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by Phil
a net in eagle is a number of pins that are electically connected together - kind of the way you would logically think of it. It has a name. You dont have to
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Blackening Copper
2004-05-16 by mpdickens
... Hey Stefan, Did you give the above a try? If so, what were the results? ===== Registered Linux User No. 80253 If you use linux, get counted at:
Re: Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-16 by Steve
... Once I get time to play with it more, I may try a spring if I m not getting good results. My first attempt just has a bunch of lead shot poured into the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by Leon Heller
... From: teilhardo To: Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by teilhardo
Eagle has some nice ULP s but it is sort of awkward. Does anyone know the difference between a bus and a net ? Thanks
Re: 500 buck CNC pcb drill+ - is it ready yet ?
2004-05-16 by ballendo
Dave, Lessee, the date above says May 16. Still two weeks in May... 12x18 is a real model, but not planned as part of the initial offering. 12x12 is.
sorry for the OT post-
2004-05-16 by ballendo
Hello, Sorry, that post was obviously meant for John OFFline. Ballendodo P.S. The product referred to is a USB rate generator, using the same circuitry and
Re: Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-16 by crankorgan
... Thanks Steve, It may be a good idea to spring load the tip of the scriber. I got some more ideas on Scratch and Etch I want to try after I given up on the
Re: 500 buck CNC pcb drill+ - is it ready yet ?
2004-05-16 by Dave Mucha
Has anybody heard anything more on this ? I thought the offering was going to be in May ???? Dave
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by Dave Mucha
... It downloads as a zip file. ... There is also a file from John K called titfortat.dxf in the files section that shows trace isolation as well. also, this
Reminder to trim Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-16 by Steve
A reminder from the moderator to please trim the replies. Thanks, Steve
Re: inkjet printer
2004-05-16 by Steve
... Isopropyl is safe. But not very effective. Mix nonsudsing household ammonia half and half with 50% isopropyl alcohol. Cuts through just about any ink.
Re: Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-16 by Steve
... really ... as the ... this ... he s a nice ... I have had it with used laser printers, so Scratch N Etch is my next thing. I ve already modified a plotter
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-16 by Russell Shaw
... Thought so. But isn t there a heating/reducing step to turn it into sulphide?
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-16 by Leon Heller
... From: Russell Shaw To: Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re:
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by Hugh Prescott
You need the gcode.ulp user loadable program fron the Eagle site. It downloads as a zip file. Then you load and run the gcode.ulp file. Hugh ... From:
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by Jeremy Taylor
You need pcb-gcode.ulp It does a great job for both holes, and milling tracks, and I believe it is perfectly written for turbocnc. I use Mach2, and I have to
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-16 by teilhardo
I am using TurboCNC for the mill. But at this point I don t even know how to get output from Eagle. I have looked under export but it says netlist ,
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-15 by Dave Mucha
... In your attempts, use a paper and a marker for the first tries. One thing you need it trace isolation and not cutting traces. Cutting the traces of the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-15 by Stefan Trethan
... I know there is a ulp for eagle layout, made by someone member here.. should be in the files. (sorry i forgot who). not sure about pulsonix. ST
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-15 by teilhardo
Thanks for the link. I didn t mention that I have a CNC mill that I could use to make the traces. Unfortunately, I don t know how to export the layout as a
[Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet printer
2004-05-15 by Stefan Trethan
bought a stylus pro. Will take a few days until i have it, then i let you know what it does. is it safe to use alcohol to clean the head? I have no windex and
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB
2004-05-15 by leon_heller
... popular ... The free demo version of Pulsonix will handle boards with up to 100 holes: http://www.pulsonix.com Leon
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-15 by Russell Shaw
... Maybe reacting potassium hydroxide with sulphuric acid could give something.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening copper
2004-05-15 by Leon Heller
... From: Steve To: Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:12 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Blackening
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Hot stations: Hakko and clones...
2004-05-15 by Ron Amundson
Pace vs Metcal My experience is just the opposite, however it is dated a few years.. We got rid of all the Pace equipment and switched to Metcal. We had way
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Blackening copper
2004-05-15 by Leon Heller
Leon Heller, G1HSM http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller ... From: Stefan Trethan To: Sent: Wednesday,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-14 by Stefan Trethan
On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:24:08 -0500, Brian Schmalz ... I think there are certain limitations to scratch and etch. They are very similar to
RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-14 by Brian Schmalz
Hi. I use Scratch-n-Etch as my only method of board manufacture. I really like it and it works OK for what I need it to. I use Machinists Blue as the resist
Given Scratch & Etch a chance?
2004-05-14 by James M Newton
Have we really given the Scratch and Etch idea a chance? The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Really cheap, fast, use just about anything that
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: is $10.00 for two sheets a good price ?
2004-05-14 by lists
In article , ... It is usually only used for Rf circuits (UHF and above) because of it s favourable dielectric properties. It is
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Blackening Copper
2004-05-14 by mpdickens
Please note that you should have *total* respect for ... This is laundry bleach. Dangerous, but workable if you respect it. ... Used in industrial processes,
Re: New to group and first attempt at PCB FREE SOFTWARE
2004-05-14 by Dave Mucha
... popular ... Hi Tei, Eagle is by far the most popular free software. Most vendors offer various types of demo packages. some limit time of use (30 days)
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Blackening copper
2004-05-14 by Leon Heller
... From: Stefan Trethan To: Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:04 AM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs]