I have ordered a selection of thermostats from Radio Spares. I did
not know which temperature would work best with the HP toner but
guessing points me to around 200deg C. I will modify the laminator
when they arrive. If it does not work then no loss old laser printers
are easy to come buy and strip apart.
Does anyone know of any good threads or sites for laser printers that
have been modified to do this ?
Just as a note I am in no way responsible for people who decide to
carry out this modfication. You do so at your own risk.
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> I know i wrote this a couple of times already, but if you have some
> electrical and mechanical skill (which you have, otherwise you
> wouldn't be here in the first place) it is fairly straightforward to
> modify a laser printer or copier fuser unit for this purpose.
> It reduces the whole process to a rather more simple single pass of
> the whole stack.
>
> ST
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 11:07 AM, Derryck Croker <derryck@...> wrote:
> > On 14 Jan 2008, at 18:51, peripherin wrote:
> >
> > > The good thing about the laminator is that it does not need any
> > > modification to the rollers to take the 1.6mm board. Shame that
it is
> > > not able to melt the toner.
> >
> > Use the laminator to tack your master to the PCB, may be best to
pass
> > it through corner first; do it a couple of times from opposite
corners.
> >
> > Use your iron to heat the laminate and master, resting the
sandwich on
> > a folded newspaper, a folded piece of kitchen paper, your
sandwich,
> > and another folded piece of kitchen paper. No need to move the
iron,
> > let it rest on top for about a minute.
> >
> > Now take your by now very hot PCB and pass it through your
laminator a
> > few times. How many will depend on experience.
> >
> > Works for me (assuming that the iron is big enough to heat the
whole
> > PCB at once).
> >
> > <lengthy off-topic quoted message deleted>
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Derryck
> >
> >
> >
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