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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] HEAVY METAL toner transfer

From: Rob <roomberg@...>
Date: 2016-09-05

A WAFFLE IRON!
NICE I like it this idea.
square... uniform heat from both sides.

I would give up the paper experiments though.
Toner heat transfer paper costs $10 for a hundred sheets of the yellow waxy paper
and there is zero wait and soak time.... and zero hard scrubbing to get rid of the paper.
I tossed the hot copper and paper into a dish of tap water and in less than a minute
it peeled off clean:
http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/tonerb0.jpg
My same experiment with regular paper produced a fuzzy mess:
http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/tonerb1.jpg

I had tried glossy magazine paper with great success so I would use glossy magazine paper if I ever ran out of the toner tansfer paper.

Digital thermometers are now $10 so you might want to experiment with more knowledge
of the Goldylocks temperature zone.... when the toner sticks... and what temp is too hot for the
PCB before it bubbles. 

I see Kohls sells waffle irons for $20 now....... hmmmmmm.... you got me thinking I need one of these toys.
On 09/04/2016 07:02 PM, Mark Schoonover mark@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
 

Similar concept to my PCB Press: http://www.ka6wke.net/finished-projects/pcb-press


On Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 21:38 roomberg@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I'm new here. I thought I posted this but I got no email so I'll try it again.

I was working through laminator toner tranfer mods and melted a plastic

gear

http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html


http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/index.html
Goto al9 page +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Goto STOVE TOP TONER TRANSFER PAGE

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so while I was waiting for metal gears to arrive in the mail I

stumbled onto this stove top method and I already had the heavy metal and

the silicone rubber so my olny expense was the hot plate:

http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html


http://www.learnmorsecode.com/laminator/hotcakes.html
I stumbled onto this method and just had to try it. 3 minute heat... great peel... using toner heat transfer glossy paper:

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I am very pleased with the results.

All the time effort and money I spent on chasing laminator solutions

has not been for nothing. I learned a lot about what we wanted in

temperature and pressure.


The 6 inch square block of 1 inch steel plate plus the C clamp weighs 12 pounds. I'd call that a press.


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Mark Schoonover KA6WKE
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