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Subject: Re: direct screen printing

From: "pork_u_pine2000" <wittend@...>
Date: 2008-05-28

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mike Schoenborn <rtfm@...> wrote:
>
> At 09:53 PM 5/26/2008 -0000, scx31114 wrote:
> >Because i have only access to high resolution piezo
> >printing, i probalby must filter the ink prior using it in order to
> >not obstruse the head. Do your have a idea, how i can build a 5um
> >filter ?
>
>
> The McMaster-Carr company (www.mcmaster.com) carries very fine
> mesh materials. Their part number 92715T32, for instance, is a
stainless
> steel screen with a 5 micron rating, but with a price of $183 for
12" x 12"!
> They also carry plastic mesh and metal sieves, but I don't know if
they're
> fine enough for your needs.
>
> McMaster carries -all sorts- of materials for building things, and
it is easy
> to spend a lot of time on their website. Be carefull, I often end
up buying
> something from them I never knew I needed.
>
> Mike
>

A similarly useful but dangerous vendor is Small Parts, Inc. <
http://www.smallparts.com/ >. I seem to recall from (my lab rat days)
that they sell stuff like Millipore filters and other good things in
small quantities (not cheap, though) of stuff experimentalists use.

-- Dave