Homebrew PCBs

From: "liquias" <liquias@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:47 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Toner transfer.


> Hi,
> i live in israel, and i need to make quite a few pcbs in the near
> time. i have made quite a few pcbs in my life (around the number of
> fifty) always using toner transfer methods ...
>
> here in israel we do not have a very large varaiety of glossy paper.
>
> i tried every glossy paper i could find (the best was office depot's
> regular glossy paper)(i cant get staples here and i hear ppl are
> swearing by it ...) after reading here that i might get lucky if i
> use ordinary glossy magazine paper i tried that also.
>
> however, no luck, i do not get very good results with the glossy
> paper method:
> a) toner does not always stick to the copper board.
> b) peeling time is extra ordinarily long.
> c) i get to know toner didnt stick right to the copper board only
> after extra ordinarily long time :)
>
> i need to stabilze the process.
> what can i do to improove my technique ?
> is there a way to hasten the process ?
> is there a way to use toner transfer and get better results EVERY
> time?

> I have had very few problems using ordinary, cheap printer
> paper and a very 
> inexpensive roller laminator. Clean and dry the board
> before transferring.

From: "Herbert E. Plett" <cachureos@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Toner transfer.


> use glossy paper, NOT printer paper.
> even magazine paper works, better is any glossy photo paper...
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 8/13/08, Mike Young <mikewhy@...> wrote:
>> I have had very few problems using ordinary, cheap printer
>> paper and a very 
>> inexpensive roller laminator. Clean and dry the board
>> before transferring.