Rod,
There are 3 different methods people usually use. Positive or
negative photo resist, toner transfer and milling. It really depends
on what equipment you have or want to buy. If you have a CNC mill
then milling the boards may be a better option. If you have a high
resolution (1200 DPI) laser printer and a laminator, toner transfer
would be a good option. I've seen great results with the photo resist
but I've never tried it and not sure what is involved.
As for etching a lot of people use air regenerated Cupric Chloride.
Ferric chloride is an option but cupric chloride you can pretty much
use indefinitely by regenerating it with air or hydrogen peroxide.
--
Erik L. Knise
Seattle, WA
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Rodney Jackson
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rodney.jackson@...> wrote:
> Thank you Erik for your reply. I have been trawling through the site you
> mentioned, it is indeed full of useful information.
>
> Seems like I will be days in getting through it all. I have made boards in
> years past, these were by using stick on tracks and pads, a most arduous
> task and the results looked very much what
>
> they were, __amateurish.
>
> There is a wealth of information in this world, one only has to FIND it..
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rod.
>
>
> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Erik Knise
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:28 AM
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Newbie
>
>
>
>
>
> One of the members here, DJ Delorie, has an awesome website:
> http://www.delorie.com/pcb/
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Rodney <rodney.jackson@...
> <mailto:rodney.jackson%40optusnet.com.au> > wrote:
>> G'day all,
>> as a newbie I guess this is the first question asked by all other newbies.
> Could you point me to a F.A.Q. area where I might get some idea of making
> PCB's. I.E. best methods, how to reuse an old deskjet printer, etc...
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Rod
>>
>>
>
> --
> Erik L. Knise
> Seattle, WA
>