Dave, Good info and timely, (I have a small board for a hobby project that I need to make). Was planning to engrave it mechanically but etching would be lots...
This group sure looks like a good idea. I have several interests. One is trying the CuCl etching method. See: http://www.dnai.com/~rexa/Projects/CuCl_ech.html ...
Hi Grant try the glossy inkjet photo papers they are clay-coated to give them the gloss some of the heavier weights (80-120#) have a thin plastic film just...
Hi everybody! Does anybody know how to print on top of the pcb. (Like you see on electronic building kits, where the components are marked on top of the pcb) ...
A while ago I put together a webpage distilling many years of experience making quality homebrew PCBs, including useful sources of materials etc. As I may...
Thanks! You want to do the (usually) silkscreened component outlines. You could use toner transfer on the top of the board, I don't know if it will stick to...
Thanks! You want to do the (usually) silkscreened component outlines. You could use toner transfer on the top of the board, I don't know if it will stick to...
... A very good idea. ... not ... them, ... I ... the ... I haven't used the Javex product so I don't know about that one. Do you know what photo emulsion was...
Hi all, I have just joined this group and thought I'd share the method that I use to make PCB's. I have used a variety of methods over the years beginning with...
Hello to all!!! I have asked this question on the picbasic list but no answers. a couple of thought but !!!! now I ask all of you on the homebrew board. ...
I would worry a lot about the drum getting scratched. The copper would just have to get bent up very slightly on an edge and you'd ruin the expensive drum. A...
In a message dated 06-Dec-01 10:10:12 Central Standard Time, ... Thor: This is done by "silk-screening". A photographically-made "screen" (once made only of...
I have had success doing this. use transfer paper print your art work using laser printer. don't forget to mirror your image. then iron on to the pcb. if its a...
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... just tested this and it dosent work so well I used 'Slug & Snail' tape its an adhesive backed copper foil sold in the garden dept at some stores (Seattle...
... Very brave, foolish, or got an old cheap laser printer. ;') Foreseeable, I suppose, as the fuser roller is only sized to heat up at most a thick sheet of...
Hi to the list! I usually hang out at the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO list, but as I have been working towards using a CNC to "etch" a board, I thought I'd post a few ...
Hi Alan - We meet again ;-) I will be interested to hear how you get on - strikes me that generating an outline from Gerber is potentially non-trivial. Would...
Maybe some thin heat resistant tape over the edges to protect the drum. Is that 1/4 Oz board from Digikey? Look for printers that say something like "true ...
Hi Tony! Yes, surprise, surprise! To do the outlines from a Gerber file, I build a table of nodes (typically the pads), and add connection data to each entry....
Hi everyone I thought I might share how I have been making circuit boards for years. I have made 1000's of boards using a method that some do not like but I...
I'm familiar with "DXF" files...Autocad right? I've been using auto cad for years. This is my first time using it for PCB layout. I've been trying to get a...
Hi, Don't you now any links to sites that explain this with pictures? and do you know where to buy equipment to do this? Thanks for the many replies :) ... ...
I wonder if toner would make a good solder mask, used this way? Obviously you can't coat the whole board, but just leaving it on the traces and cleaning it off...
This is a copy of an E-Mail I sent to CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO a while back. I thought It might be usefull to someone so I am reposting here. Chris Much like others...
