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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Toner transfer question

From: Mukundan Parthasarathy <mukundanparthasarathy@...>
Date: 2014-01-10

Jim,

Thank you very much!  Your tutorial is excellent and the additional links you have provided were most informative. I hadn't realized that there is so much to etching. 

Mukundan

From: Jim <wb8nbs@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 8:32 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Toner transfer question

 
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mukundan Parthasarathy <mukundanparthasarathy@...> wrote:
>
> I'm starting out to make my first prototype pcb and I need help. I have decided to try the toner transfer method because that seems the easiest (no need to get special photo-sensitive chemicals, no UV etc.) If this doesn't work for me I'll try another method. I'm a hobbyist who has hopes of making products in the future that sell and make me pots of money. But for now I need some basic information. My understanding of toner transfer is a bit hazy, and this is how I think it works:
>

I made some two sided boards a year ago and took pictures:
http://wb8nbs.wordpress.com/category/controller-area-network-2/
was very satisfied with the results.

I have an old Lexmark 4039 10+ laser printer set to "heavy" print. I used coated paper from an old Digikey catalog.