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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Produce Quick & Cheap PCBs with a CNC paper cutter

From: David Mitchell <gossiphog@...>
Date: 2012-06-14

Forgot to mention, I got my copper foil as a tape from digikey. They
also have (much more expensive) sheets.

this in particular:
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?wt.z_header=search_go&lang=en&keywords=3M1125D-1FT-ND&x=0&y=0&cur=USD

6" wide, 0.003" thick, $3 per foot.

-David


On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:49 PM, David Mitchell <gossiphog@...> wrote:
> I also tried cutting some copper foil, but perhaps used the wrong blade, the
> problem was that the traces wouldn't cut cleanly enough and stay stuck to
> the backing paper and would pull off.
>
> The MIT fablab page does show this method in action, but I don't see how it
> could ever make very thin traces.
>
> http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/processes/PCB/vinylcut.html
>
> -David
>