Homebrew PCBs

Don't know if this has been posted here, but it demonstrates the use
of toner transfer with magazine pages (my favorite), and uses salt
water as an etchant for applying complex designs to bare Altoids tins.

http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml

Ted KX4OM

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Ted Bruce KX4OM wrote:

> Don't know if this has been posted here, but it demonstrates the use
> of toner transfer with magazine pages (my favorite), and uses salt
> water as an etchant for applying complex designs to bare Altoids tins.
>
> http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml

It won't work for PCBs.  Von Slatt's etchings only go a little bit into
the metal whereas PCBs go all the way through.  He does do some stuff that
involve going all the way through, but it's quite clear that the
resolution is not very good at all.


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Very Cool- 

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From: Ted Bruce KX4OM <kilocycles@...>
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Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 6:28 pm
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Don't know if this has been posted here, but it demonstrates the use

of toner transfer with magazine pages (my favorite), and uses salt

water as an etchant for applying complex designs to bare Altoids tins.



http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml



Ted KX4OM 





    
  

    
    




 


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No doubt that's true, David. The fact that he did iron-on from
magazine paper got my attention, as that is the only way I can get a
good transfer from my Brother HL-2040 (many threads on that here on
the group). I use Altoid tins a lot in my homebrew radio/test
equipment stuff, and he's removed all of the paint and copper plated
them.  Interesting designs; I might have to try that.

By the way, I usually try brake fluid first when removing paint from
metal.  I have an old mic stand (D-104) that I'm refinishing, and I
soaked the flaking paint off with the stuff.

Ted KX4OM
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Griffith <dgriffi@...> wrote:
>
---snip---
> > http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml
> 
> It won't work for PCBs.  Von Slatt's etchings only go a little bit into
> the metal whereas PCBs go all the way through.  He does do some
stuff that

> involve going all the way through, but it's quite clear that the
> resolution is not very good at all.
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Griffith
> dgriffi@...
> 
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>