Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

I just had another look at the awesome results Pedro was getting
from his process. In digging up his messages, he said he used pages
from Time magazine, and a DSC laminator. I couldn't believe it! So
simple, and yet so effective. Pedro, I wrote you a mail to your
Yahoo address if you're reading this asking more about it :). Does
anybody else use a laminator, or magazine pages for that matter? Is
there something special about Time that makes it better? I tried it
with an issue of Design magazine and an iron, and I got okay results
right from the start. I keep having a problem though. When I use
heavy pressure, I get all the pattern transfered, but I end up
getting smashed areas, where fine lines and text gets squashed out
further than intended. When I use light to moderate pressure, I get
nice crisp fine lines, but some large areas have holes (little spots
where the toner doesn't transfer). Does anybody have any
suggestions? The laminator seems like a novel idea. I searched for
DSC on EBay, but couldn't find one. Anybody else use one?

-Josh