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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] What's the temp of the average laminator?\tFuser?

From: Derryck Croker <derryck@...>
Date: 2004-01-14

On 13/1/04 07:06, joshdewinter at joshdewinter@... wrote:

> With Pedro's advice, I just got a laminator. But, it was a cheapy
> I found at at Wal Mart for only $22, and as I feared isn't producting
> quite the results I'd hoped for. It seems to work well if I heat the

I get the same results as you - mine also states that its temp is 248 deg F,
120 deg C. I'd guess that a rise of 20 deg F or so ought to provide better
results.

I'm toying with the idea of shorting out the thermostat with a toggle
switch, if this idea works then I might use something like a thermistor
circuit to stop the thing from glowing red-hot :-)

Could use an iron to calibrate the thermistor against?

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Cheers,

Derryck