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

From: "Leslie Schwartz" <lhs_emf@...>
Date: 2012-06-15

There is an "Instructable" about this in case anyone has not seen it;

http://www.instructables.com/id/Fast-and-Easy-PCB-Prototyping-with-Vinyl/


-----Original Message-----
From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of alienrelics
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:19 AM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Produce Quick & Cheap PCBs with a CNC paper
cutter

Like this?
<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/files/Sign_Cutter_to_make_
PCBs/>

Vinyl resists etchant just fine, no need fiddling with masking, electrical,
or kapton tape. It is much easier to cut and weed (remove unwanted vinyl)
while it is still on the backing. Then apply with application tape just as
if it were going on a sign.

Steve Greenfield AE7HD


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Bob Butcher <bbutcher85@...> wrote:
>
> Interesting topic. Instead of cutting the copper directly, how about
cutting some vinyl or maybe masking tape? Then transfer the cut vinyl or
tape to a copper clad FR4 board. Or maybe better yet, bond the tape or vinyl
to the copper clad FR4 and then cut. Remove the unwanted vinyl or tape and
etch the board. I have not tried this technique exactly, but have done a few
boards with hand cut tape. If the etchant doesn't leak under the tape or
dissolve the tape, it works fairly well. The trick might be to find the
right tape, perhaps Kapton tape, or wide electrical tape?
>
>
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