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

Hi guys,
just thought i would tell you about my new way of pcb making.

Step 1, Printing the artwork:
using glossy advertising junk mail like bigW or K-mart papers
tear out a clean page a bit smaller than A4, about 1cm from the top
fold the top edge over and hook it onto a standard A4 sheet so the
advertising is on the top side, and feed the lot into the paper slot
of a brother hl-2040 laser printer and click print.
the thin advertising wont jam like this because the normal sheet will
pull it through.

Step 2, Transferring the toner:
find a laminator, the one i use is marbig A4 home laminator bought
from safeway, it has silicone rubber rollers that can squash to
accept a standard thickness bcb. cut out and align the artwork and
feed it to the warmed up laminator. feed it in a couple of times to
make sure the board all hot.

Step 3, Etching:
once the laminator spits out the board soak in hot water with dish
wasking liquid and gently rub off bigW's advertising and etch the
board. printers like the brother hl-2040 have really delicate toner
so i have to be very gentle.

any laminator should do, the only mod i did was take the top plastic
cover off so i could get closer to the rollers for feeding tiny
boards.
any feedback would be great

-Cheers!