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Subject: Re: Help w/ HeatSeal 210

From: "Jeffrey Jenkins" <tesseract@...>
Date: 2007-06-04

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "wayneosdias" <wayneosdias@...>
wrote:
...
> Yesterday when I was having all the jam issues I had the laminator
> on full, fully warmed up. I tried the 1/16 and HM laser/photo paper
> and the laminator wasnt having any of it, it would jam and made
> horrible binding noises.
>
> Any of you familiar w/any of these issues? Those of you using this
> laminator, what settings and paper are you using?


I'm having the same issue as you, only I've been using Pulsar's paper.
As you noted, Pulsar states on their website that the "TIA Laminator"
can handle 1/16" board (0.062") but works best with 1/32" (0.031").
Unfortunately, the H210's manual it says it can handle a maximum
thickness of 0.040" and it seems that the manual is correct and Pulsar
is, shall we say, stretching the truth a bit.

Frankly, I was pretty incensed as I could've easily tacked a few 1/32"
boards on to my Digi-Key order had I ∗known∗ that the "TIA Laminator"
was, in fact, a plain old H210 with a 0.040" max. capacity...