Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

Yes, Kenny, I am definitely interested in seeing the pics of the PCBs
your working on. It would be great if you could post them on the web
with a brief writeup.

Somewhere on the web, I read about a process for transferring toner
from paper to copper that sounds even better than a laminating machine.

It involves getting two fairly thick rectangular slabs or "boards" of
aluminum, putting bolts through the four corners, and wingnuts on the
bolts. Then you can sandwich your copper board with toner paper on it
in between the two aluminum boards and crank the wingnuts down to
apply constant pressure to the sandwich. Then you put the whole
thing in the oven and bake it until the toner transfers successfully
to the copper. Aluminum is a very good conductor of heat, as well
as of electrons. Fry bacon in an iron skillet; then fry bacon in an
aluminum skillet, and you'll see what I mean.

This way sounds easier. Once you figure out the time and
temperature, you should be able to get consistency. Sorry, I
don't remember the URL where I saw it. For my first time, I am going
to just use the iron. Maybe somebody else here has tried this method
and can enlighten me.

Alan