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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-05 by tboneuk_2000

Thanks for the idea of measuring the powder, I hadn t thought of that way to do it. Adam wrote:- Before worrying about exposure times, try as I said before,

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Re: TT for silkscreens

2004-02-05 by poitsplace

... Office Max has some (relatively) inexpensive glossy and semi-gloss papers. I seem to recall it was about $10 for 50-100 sheets (they also have some coated

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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by tboneuk_2000

... may ... been ... hit ... transparent ... efficientcy or ... of light, ... pad). ... Although it may not make a differance I fliped the film over, so the

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Re: google unit conversions

2004-02-04 by Dave Mucha

... also ... I use 2.6mm to inch for my length conversions in Google. Also, try typing in your phone number (770) 640-0034 and it will give you the company

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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by tboneuk_2000

I have just looked at the film I used and discovered the print may have been the wrong way around. I presume the ink should have been next to the board, I had

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Re: Of Ink Jets and Such

2004-02-04 by Steve

... And you end up with a plastic coated board that won t etch, but has a pretty picture on it. ; ) Dye sublimation prints on a Tshirt or mug are waterproof

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Re: Of Ink Jets and Such

2004-02-04 by pebo festus

... to be ... well--am wondering if one could coat the blank pcb with some kind of polymer coating? then print with sublimation ink. i see that it heats

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google unit conversions

2004-02-04 by wheedal99

... board. ... You can also type 300F in C in the google search field. It ll also do some pretty obscure unit conversions.

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Re: TT for silkscreens

2004-02-04 by wheedal99

... TT ... to ... wouldn t ... adjustable ... worked ... fairly large ... I believe that should have been plenty hot enough. You should see the toner begin to

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First attempt at TT

2004-02-04 by Phil

I ve used press-n-peel with mediocre results and reading this group got me interested in the toner transfer technique using, of all things, glossy magazine

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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by tboneuk_2000

Thanks everybody , here is a little more information As both the developer and etchent were from the same company and in the same packaging I used an

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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by tboneuk_2000

Thanks Roel, I will try an unexposed piece tommorow, the instructions stated 10mg of developer per 100ml of water. I did not have any scales to measure this

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Re: Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by roel_cnc

Hi Tbone, put in the developer a unexposured pcb, it may not disolve the resist if it dos its to strong I think your to short in exposure time or maybe lights

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Dissapearing Tracks in deveoper

2004-02-04 by tboneuk_2000

Hello all, Wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. To find the correct exposure time I made up a strip of inkjet transparent film with 10

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Re: TT for silkscreens

2004-02-03 by Steve

... this list ... wouldn t ... Just googled- PnP Blue says 275 to 325F for an iron. http://www.techniks.com/how_to.htm And 300F is about 150C, so your

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Re: Of Ink Jets and Such

2004-02-03 by Steve

You mean inkjet sublimation ink. It won t work, it is a dye that requires a polymer to transfer into. http://www.dyesub.org Steve

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Re: PCB Books

2004-02-03 by nuclearspin2000

Thanks all for the help. -Dave ... two ... available. ... and

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Of Ink Jets and Such

2004-02-03 by milwiron@terrorbydesign.com

Has anyone tried a Epson sublimation printer? The ink is supposed to be waterproof .

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Re: TT for silkscreens

2004-02-03 by dkesterline

... for ... a few ... cleaned ... probably ... that next ... printer ... page! It ... That s pretty good results for a first time! Did you do anything special

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Re: TT for silkscreens

2004-02-03 by Dave Mucha

... Uh... The Greeen scouring pad is often called Scotch-Bright and is a plastic sandpaper. It will grind away steel like any sandpaper. The white stuff is

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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] TT for silkscreens

2004-02-03 by Anthony Toft

Nice work! I have been toying with the idea of using toner to put the silk screen layer, but usually I am too impatient and just want to put the components

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TT for silkscreens

2004-02-03 by Dean Thompson

Hi All, Anyone used toner transfer to do silkscreens? I ve been lurking on this list for quite some time, and just yesterday made my first PCB using the TT

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Re: Sunny making his first PCB

2004-02-03 by Ben H. Lanmon

... I use Ivex WinBoard, can be set to 90, 45, any angle and arc. I normally use the 45 deg. angle setting for traces. When designing modules of compontents

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Re: TT and trace width.

2004-02-02 by Phil

well, I ve only done a couple of pcbs but I had a similar problem - the transfer didn t go that well for bigger areas. I was pretty concerned about it since

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TT and trace width.

2004-02-02 by dkesterline

Is it just me, or do other people have more trouble with wide traces than thin ones? I can TT a 24 thou trace easy, but if I try a 100 thou trace it s fuzzy,

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Re: Sunny making his first PCB

2004-02-02 by dkesterline

... You might ... frequency ... low-speed ... as my ... outside ... The new version of Eagle can do curves. I recently built a PCB for a PLD programmer with

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Re: Sunny making his first PCB

2004-02-02 by Tony Smith

90 degrees bends are bad as the trace will act as a mini antenna. You might think you won t have a problem since you not doing radio or high frequency stuff,

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Re: inkjet way to pebo

2004-02-02 by Dave Mucha

... you ... If ... for ... your ... Ditto ! I have received the highest level professional help, that would have cost hundreds of dollars per hour, not the one

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] inkjet way to pebo

2004-02-02 by Stefan Trethan

... You ARE a very cynical person! I was helped a lot by people who didn t know me at all. So there must be some good mind left in the word or not? ST

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