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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] First efforts with isolation milling and the new machine....

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2007-01-01

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:22:45 +0100, Phil Mattison <mattison20@...>
wrote:

> I've been pretty leary about the isolation
> milling route (pun intended) so I tried the toner transfer method
> yesterday.
> I was not impressed with that either. Granted, I used regular laser paper
> but the results were so bad I didn't have much confidence in better paper
> either. The toner appeared to cover well but came off way too easy. If I
> have to iron for 15 minutes and maybe make multiple attempts it's just
> not
> worth the trouble. I'm not that broke.


You are just not persistent enough. If you think you need to iron for 15
minutes, and if you think you can expect it to work for you with regular
laser paper when it does not for anyone else, then please do go and buy
the photo resist. Nobody wants to persuade people that just don't want to
try seriously. I'd rather spend my time making boards using suitable paper
and a single pass through a fuser which takes maybe 15 seconds.

I can force photo process not to work just as much as you forced toner
transfer not to work, if i'd want to.

I mean, come on, a single try and you didn't even follow the most basic
instructions, what did you expect!

ST