... Just a few days ago I posted a link to a program that lets me put down as much ink as I want, it's more a matter of how much can the film take without...
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stuart
stuartn3ked
May 14, 2009 4:27 am
... I have used only photo-etch so hopefully I can answer some of your questions. ... I have always made my own. My first and second were wooden boxes, but my...
22741
Richard
rdheiliger
May 14, 2009 5:38 am
I bought one of these laminators and replaced the snap switch temperature control with my own. Between 260 and 280 degrees it makes very repeatable toner...
22742
caveteursus
May 14, 2009 1:11 pm
Who are you using for your supplies -- cutters, end mills and bits -- backup material? Precise Bits was recommended to me...
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Daniel Howard Bryant
danielhoward...
May 14, 2009 1:41 pm
... I have not tried this, but I have thought about it a lot. My thinking was to use some sort of temporary solder mask(perhaps peel-able or regular) , mask...
22744
mikeh_dhr
May 14, 2009 4:26 pm
Looks nice for the price. Do you run the boards through once, twice, ??? Do you do single sided or double sided? What board thickness have you done? Do you...
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Mark Lerman
mark_from_po...
May 14, 2009 5:13 pm
Lately I've been using Think and Tinker <http://www.thinktink.com/>. Biggest problem is their $50 minimum. I have used Precise Bits, too, with no problems....
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stuart
stuartn3ked
May 14, 2009 5:38 pm
... OK I had not thought of something like that. How would you attached the masks and what would make them out of? ... The ones my contractor does with his...
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Lee Studley
studleylee
May 14, 2009 6:34 pm
Forgot to mention: This was an alternative idea to making Tack Pins on the fly. -Lee...
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Simao Cardoso
simaocardoso@...
May 14, 2009 9:46 pm
Hi, don't take me wrong i don't want to kill both your enthusiasm, but forget the molten solder stuff. You will never do through holes with it. And even for...
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Ben
bhleavi
May 14, 2009 10:19 pm
... Mouser webpage, Says Not in Stock with lead time of 8 weeks....
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Brian
blue_eagle74
May 15, 2009 2:24 am
I have found problems with using 30AWG wire and the pin method, I even tried using 10mil trace repair kits. The solder mound is kinda big. I am using an AVR...
22751
Daniel Howard Bryant
danielhoward...
May 15, 2009 11:01 am
... I beg to differ, especially if you use a little wire whose diameter was significantly smaller than the hole or even perhaps a porous metal insert, so as to...
22752
Stefan Trethan
stefan_trethan
May 15, 2009 12:01 pm
Some people have a good gut feeling for what will work and what probably won't work. Anyone with soldering experience has probably made the observation that...
22753
Stefan Trethan
stefan_trethan
May 15, 2009 12:05 pm
Regarding that, I have a CD-ROM PCB somewhere that has just that. The vias are filled with something that looks like conductive paste and covered with some...
22754
sailingto
May 15, 2009 12:47 pm
Is that 260 to 280 degrees F? If so, then I doubt it will work for my Brother 2140 laser printer due to the high temp toner it uses. The Brother 2140 has a...
22755
Richard
rdheiliger
May 15, 2009 5:09 pm
Some thoughts on temperature. Most plastics will melt below 300 *F. I don't know which plastics they use in toner but would think they have a melt well below...
22756
Brian
blue_eagle74
May 16, 2009 1:33 am
Noclean is hard to clean and may be conductive. I had problems in rf circuits even with my mega8 running at 8MHz. Just today I reworked 21 QFN's with water...
22757
sailingto
May 16, 2009 2:05 am
Makes sense to me - 400F sure seems VERY hot, but that is what the label inside the printer says. I do know that during toner transfer I set the toaster oven...
22758
Brian
blue_eagle74
May 16, 2009 2:25 am
Talking about QFN's, they dont really sit flush. I use a 10X scope at work and can't see a gap but flushing with water cleans it out. There is the gap of...
22759
Philip Pemberton
papemjr
May 16, 2009 7:00 pm
... I was under the impression that most water-soluble fluxes were corrosive to some degree, and that No-Clean wasnt? Although to be truthful I tend to use...
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michael tenore
WB2LCW
May 17, 2009 12:36 am
I was rechecking the design of of a board that I will be making in the next few days and I just noticed the pinout of the Texas Instrument 74LS157 is different...
22761
michael tenore
WB2LCW
May 17, 2009 12:49 am
Never mind my last post! I see what they did. They are mixing apples and oranges.. I have to stop reviewing my designs at 3am! Sorry Guys mike ...
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Donald H Locker
dhlocker
May 17, 2009 1:19 am
Hi, Michael. As long as 3out and 4out move with the 3a/b and 4a/b designation, there should be no difficulty. In other words, it doesn't matter whether the...
22763
Brian
blue_eagle74
May 17, 2009 2:06 am
I will find out what kind of WS flux and paste we use at work and let you know monday. Brian P.S. I just made a board with a SMD mega8 using WS flux and used...
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Brian
blue_eagle74
May 18, 2009 4:32 am
who is the cheapest and best to use for panalized boards with masking. Brian...
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Daniel Howard Bryant
danielhoward...
May 18, 2009 4:48 am
I just recently got a small toaster oven from a thrift store for $3 (it was half off day). I have already removed the timer, the thermal switch, rewired and...
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Jack Coats
jcoats
May 18, 2009 12:32 pm
I forget where I saw it, but I saw a group that has Chinese connections, and once a month they send a 'pack' off to be processed. They come back about a month...
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Stefan Trethan
stefan_trethan
May 18, 2009 12:38 pm
I thought they used Olimex? Olimex is located somewhere in eastern Europe I think, not China, but then I may be wrong. If you need whole panels it is probably...
22768
KeepIt SimpleStupid
KeepItSimple...
May 18, 2009 12:39 pm
Phase angle fired (PAP) AC is used in the industry. If operating into a transformer, it must have current limiting. I used variable DC (1.5 KW) for a low...
