Making the whole board takes no more than 10 minutes (I'm not counting the
etching since I don't stand there waiting for it to finish). Cleaning the
tank out each time would easily double the overall time for me, and
dramatically increase the mess factor, which is now virtualy zero (the
messiest part is rubbing the paper off over a trash bin).
If you count drawing the layout, the next guy counts soldering the board,
that's not really sensible.
ST
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:52 PM, James <jamesrsweet@...> wrote:
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> It only takes maybe 2-3 minutes to pour the etchant into the tank and then
> pour it back when finished. For me it's at least a couple hours to draw the
> layout in the first place, then a few minutes to print it out, 5-10 minutes
> for the laminator to warm up, a few minutes to clean and prep the board,
> another minute or two to transfer the toner, a few minutes to soak the paper
> off, 5-15 minutes to etch, then cleanup. The time it takes to pour the
> etchant back into the storage bottle and rinse out the etching tank is
> almost trivial.
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