I am in Australia.
Local manufacturers of PCBs use mylar sheet clad in copper on one side only to manufacture flexible circuit boards and mobile antenna arrays which get wrapped aorund a suitable support.
I had been able to obtain offcuts from the local manufacturer, but i am sure they would supply the product if offered financial recompense.
So.. do call on your local manufacturers or laminate suppliers and ask for copper clad mylar. It is like a transparency sheet with copper on one side.
It will withstand light soldering and desoldering duty and makes a wonderful ground plane around assemblies which need shielding.
James McGee <
ace@...> wrote: Not ultra but pretty thin...I found 1/32 at a descent price, well its
26.88 USD.... But thats a 24"X36" Dont think it will pass through an
un-modified printer but maybe slightly modified (so it dosent have to
make the curved turn from the paper tray) If I could find some
sutible ink for this old lexmark Z23 I would try it myself...
J
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <rebirth@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to get hold of blank PCB material, similar to
the
> usual 1.6mm thick copper-clad stuff, but ultra ultra thin?
>
> I'm thinking about the recent threads about hacking inkjets to print
> onto PCB via the CD tray.
>
> The idea is if that the copper-coated medium is thin enough, it
will be
> able to pass through any unmodified inkjet. The other good thing is
that
> inkjets (as opposed to lasers) tend to have a much straighter paper
> path.
>
> Digikey only seems to sell 3/4" copper tape - way to narrow for most
> boards.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
> David
>
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