On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:59:47 -0500, you wrote:
>Harvey,
>
>ThatÂ’s what DLP (Direct Laser Printing) PCB is all about.
>There was a lot of messages about this technique a while back.
>I forgot who was the main poster about it, but there were description
>for modifying the laser to direct print the artwork on the copper clad board.
>
>You might want to search through the archive for DLP.
Right now, I'm getting boards made rather than making them myself. I
need the plated through holes and 6/6 for the projects I'm doing.
However, that does remain an option for one of, although I have the
parts for a PC board router sitting around.
However, I was considering just using the fuser assembly and working
with it, since it is designed to deal with the fusing point of the
toner and do it for thousands of prints. Many times, the drum itself
is bad, and the printer can be had for a small amount. You could even
find a brother printer and rework it, allowing for the higher
temperature toner.
Harvey
>
>Just my $0.02,
>Jean-Paul
>N1JPL
>
>
>
>> On Dec 26, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Harvey White madyn@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 25 Dec 2016 22:43:13 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> >The Harbor Freight laminator doesn't get hot enough for the Brother
>> >toner. In the process of raising the temperature I managed to soften the
>> >gears to the point where they no longer turned the rollers. Replacing
>> >the plastic gears with metal ones solves that problem, but only if the
>> >plastic supports for the shafts are made of a higher temperature plastic.
>> >
>> >I am not familiar with the GBC laminator, except through reading about
>> >it here in the group, so I don't know about what kind of gears it has.
>> >If it works, don't fix it.
>>
>> Has anyone considered buying a junked laser printer from a thrift
>> store, and using the fuser assembly?
>>
>> It would need some mechanical and electrical work, but that's what
>> you're talking about anyway, just perhaps a bit more....
>>
>> (the other) Harvey
>>
>> >
>> >Harvey
>> >
>> >
>> >On 12/25/2016 8:35 PM, me@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What is the advantage to swapping out gears? I have been using a GBC
>> >> Heatseal H212 for a number of years now with no issues. The only
>> >> modification I made was to remove some guides to allow the PCB to pass
>> >> through.
>> >>
>> >>
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