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Subject: Re: Toner transfer experiments and a fix for cheap

From: "wbblair3" <wbblair3@...>
Date: 2006-02-08

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "brewski922" <brewski@...> wrote:
>
> > As stated in my post, the problem was that both of my irons didn't
> > reach the 200C (392F) toner fusion temperature anywhere on their
> > surfaces. Given that they were two different irons of different
> > brands, I suspect that this might be a common problem.
>
> What if you bypassed the thermostat in the irons?

A post elsewhere in this forum clearly pointed out to me that my iron
measurements were grossly inaccurate. As someone else here stated
earlier, with an iron it's the _technique_ that's the potential
problem, not the heat.

Bill