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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re:undercutting

From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Date: 2009-06-15

Lee Studley <indigo_red@...> writes:
> Thanks for sharing the results! Could you put some pictures up if
> you have time? I'd like to see the undercutting and the board.

I've already stripped the mask, but with back-lighting through the
microscope it was pretty easy to see what was happening. I'm thinking
of re-etching that board if I can figure out how to avoid the problem
the next time around. There were too many of the 6 mil traces that
etched through to bother fixing.

Between the software to print the film and the vaccum to hold it
against the board, I don't think the exposure is the problem. I still
need to reliably get the film on the blank board (no bubbles), and
figure out developing and etching methods that "always work" without
under- or over- developing or etching.