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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: HP LaserJet Series II

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-03-29

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:36:41 +0200, Philip Pemberton
<philpem@...> wrote:

> I've done a few tests - the fuser will take anything up to about 0.8mm,
> but
>
> the springs are far too tight to take a 1.6mm board. What I need to do is
>
> find a way to weaken the spring a bit or move it about. Problem is,
> that's
>
> easier said than done...


On my copier fuser i simply pulled on them with pliers to stretch them a
bit.
If i want to tighten them for thin PCBs i engage them not in the holes of
the lugs but instead on the top edge.
For a while i though about making screw-adjustment, but it's really fine
as it is.

ST