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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lez" <lez.briddon@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] OT p.c.b. etching


>> (you might be for all I know,
>> if you really think your wife isn't going to suss out the blackpool thing
>> as soon as you suggest as much as going away ;-) ).
>
>
> Wondered how you knew, I know she has spies everywhere when I mention
> cars, then realized I'd posted it in the wrong group!
> Doh!
>
> I just had an idea to get me this batch done, and then the next ones
> will be at a later date by which time I may have a working system....
>
> The ols artist method for making 'prints' of a famous pic, trace it,
> prick the canvas, join the dots....
>
> I can print it, prick the board, and using the worlds best resist pen
> (uniball paint pen px203), join the dots and etch.

I made PCBs like that, 30 years ago, using cellulose paint as resist. I got
quite good at it, and even managed double-sided boards.

Leon
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