Hi, someone should try that method with a rubber roller or fine foam roller that TDA7000 suggested. If LPKF can do it, why can't it be successful with other...
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Bob Butcher
bbutcher85
Jun 15, 2012 3:14 pm
Thanks for the reply. As I suspected vinyl works as a etchant mask. Does anyone have recommendations on an inexpensive vinyl cutter? It seems that most of the...
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Leslie H Schwartz
lhs_emf...
Jun 15, 2012 3:24 pm
Unfortunately I can't recommend a machine based on my zero actual experience with the machines or the method, but I have been looking into that and I came ...
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Tony Smith
dropcat2001
Jun 15, 2012 3:37 pm
... cutting some ... copper ... clad ... hand cut ... works ... tape, or ... Ordinary sign vinyl would work for the usual through hole size stuff, you'd have...
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Daniel Washington
dwsmartins
Jun 15, 2012 4:20 pm
Guess someone has already done that: at least one guy on a DIY audio group here in Brazil used to do some simpler boards by masking with plotter cut vinyl, the...
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alienrelics
Jun 15, 2012 4:23 pm
That instructable assumes you know everything about using a vinyl cutter, or that you've had someone else cut, weed, and place transfer tape onto the vinyl. ...
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alienrelics
Jun 15, 2012 4:29 pm
I'm using a very old used Graphtec I bought at a thrift store. I've been looking for info on the CriCuts to see if any models can be printed to from any given...
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David Mitchell
gossiphog
Jun 15, 2012 5:05 pm
I have a number of cricuts that I got broken from ebay for $20 or so, shipped, and repaired myself. Some are much easier to fix than others, but if you're...
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Leslie Schwartz
lhs_emf...
Jun 15, 2012 5:33 pm
Do you have any recommendations for a pen plotter machines? I have seen a lot of large and some small format pen plotters on ebay, for which I think it would...
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Dave
g4ugm
Jun 15, 2012 6:31 pm
... I thought the CriCuts only worked from a cartridge. Do some have a computer connection... ... There are quite a few videos on YouTube on using the older...
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Dave
g4ugm
Jun 15, 2012 6:44 pm
... For Windows/XP there are Roland drivers that work with most of these including the common HP7475A and the Hitachi Pen Plotters which are extremely cheap. I...
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Mark Lerman
mark_from_po...
Jun 15, 2012 6:57 pm
Does anyone have any specs on these vinyl cutter? Can they do 10 mil lines repeatedly and reliability?...
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Tony Smith
dropcat2001
Jun 15, 2012 8:40 pm
... Assuming 10 mil = 10 thou, that's about 0.25mm, so not very wide. They'll do it (resolution of a thou is common), but the limit is the vinyl itself. With...
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Leslie Schwartz
lhs_emf...
Jun 15, 2012 9:09 pm
Some product literature has specs, I found them difficult to compare machine to machine, there did not seem to be a universal standard for repeatability and...
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Mike Sinclair
mikesinclair...
Jun 15, 2012 9:43 pm
Sorry for the lag.....gainful employment comes first. Believe me, I am not in any way casting dispersions towards those of you who might see too many "warts"...
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alienrelics
Jun 15, 2012 9:49 pm
... I think someone else mentioned that HP HPGL/GPGL drivers are still within Windows. Make sure it is actually a serial or parallel interface. Many HP...
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alienrelics
Jun 15, 2012 9:52 pm
... The few I made with vinyl, I didn't have any problems with ferric chloride. ... Look in Links, Files, and Photos for Scratch-n-Etch. Dykem metal marking...
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alienrelics
Jun 15, 2012 11:06 pm
We're not criticizing, just sharing methods. Did you mean to spell that "CirCuts" in the video title? Good video. I think it would be enhanced with a few...
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MIKE DURKIN
seth_otherpower
Jun 15, 2012 11:22 pm
I think Silhouette makes the best, low cost hobbyist cutter ... no cartridges!!! ... From: Mike Sinclair Sent: 15 Jun 2012 21:43:11 GMT To:...
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Jeff Heiss
jheissjr
Jun 15, 2012 11:45 pm
Where are the microscope photos located on your page http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/papercutterpcbs ? I could not spot them. Jeff _____ From:...
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tda7000
Jun 15, 2012 11:46 pm
... Are you thinking of SCSI? Sometimes that uses a DB-25 connector....
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Duane C. Johnson
redrok4
Jun 16, 2012 12:31 am
... No, that would be: HP-IB HP Interface Buss Or IEEE-488 Duane -- Home of the $35 Solar Tracker Receiver http://www.redrok.com/led3xassm.htm [*] ...
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alienrelics
Jun 16, 2012 12:32 am
Yes, Duane is correct. I was thinking of HP-IB. The interfaces are insanely expensive, last I checked, in the range of hundreds even used. Steve Greenfield...
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Harvey White
madyn48
Jun 16, 2012 12:56 am
... The Roland 880 uses a 25 pin connector which is serial. The IBM PC parallel connector is the same connector style, but with pins rather than sockets...
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David Mitchell
gossiphog
Jun 16, 2012 2:05 am
Thanks very much for the info! I'm very excited by the idea. I honestly never thought to try just cutting the board directly, and I also love the idea of...
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javaguy11111
Jun 16, 2012 3:02 am
... Perhaps you are thinking of Centronics...
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javaguy11111
Jun 16, 2012 3:14 am
... I think everyone on this forum gets excited about faster, better, cheaper and easier ways to make circuit boards. So any questions asked are not meant to...
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Mike Sinclair
mikesinclair...
Jun 16, 2012 6:42 pm
Oops. Somehow my latest Microscope photos didn't get posted. I'll rectify soon. You'll see as I did that it does. Yes, I NEVER thought it would cut through the...
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John
jferrell_27283
Jun 16, 2012 10:50 pm
I have been dabbling in homebrew printed circuit boards as long as I can remember. When I got my HP7475(?), I thought I had it. I drew the line at being able...
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Jeff Heiss
jheissjr
Jun 16, 2012 10:58 pm
Interesting, what was your retirement business? Jeff _____ From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Sent:...
