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From: "derekhawkins" <derekhawkins@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: A $500.00 "UV" non-trivial exposure box.....


> >I've tried both TT and photo-etching, and much prefer the latter.
>>Admittedly, I only used a clothes iron for the TT rather than a
>>laminator, but I couldn't see the point of getting a fairly expensive
>>piece of equipment that might not work when a simple home-made UV
>>exposure unit would cost a lot less and give better results.
>
> The prevailing view seems to be that since industry uses photoetching
> then it's far too expensive and too involved for the home. Either that
> or "we must do things differently" prevails. Normally, I don't get
> involved in these TT debates but the insinuation by a poster that one
> needs a $500.00 exposure box for photoetching was too much to resist.

Mine cost me under 25 GBP - just a couple of UV tubes, ballasts and
starters, some MDF, wood and a piece of glass. It doesn't look very pretty
but it works very well.

Leon

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