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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Ideas (stupid??) for toner transfer

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-10-19

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:12:43 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

>
> A good electric griddle/grill might do very well here, along with a
> jack and some hardware. Think of an old screw type printing press..
> Might be an excellent idea, especially since the grill could do double
> duty for reflowing SMT boards.
> Alan


you will probably run into more trouble (uneven pressure and heat) than
you get advantage over a laminator/fuser.

The thing is, pressure, as in force per area, depends, well, like on area.
In a fuser/laminator you only have a "line" thus 1-dimensional
relationship between boardsize and pressure. In a press you have that
squared, which could be another problem.

ST