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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Horne" <chris@...> wrote:
>
> He he ...
>
> I decided to go with an old second hand laminator from ebay...
> it has an adjustable temperature control and what looks like a nice
> metal case.. shouldn't be too hard to reduce the feed speed if
required..
>
Wow.. this is really cool (or should I say HOT)
the laminator I got was at least 10 years old..
It has a steel and aluminium chassis
it has a fine temp adjustment on the outside...
coarse temp adhustment on the inside..
a machanical temperature gauge
two sets of gear driven rollers, one set in front and one set behind
a heating plate over 2.5 inches fron to back...
a heating element 8 inches wide.
Two slight adjustments were needed
1. packing the bottom rollers up to compensate for the thicker material.
2. adjust the coarse heat control to give a range 110 - 200 C
I thought I might need to reduce the speed a little, but...
once the two adjustments were done, boards only need to be run through
once, and reproduction is 100%
Cracked it ! Hooray.
I can't think why I spent all that time ironing..... !!