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

From: Art Eckstein <axtein@...>
Date: 2004-01-15

In the testing that I have done with my home built press, I find that 120 C
works just fine with HP 1300 toner.

The best results that I have had testing is by heating for a sustained
period of 5 minutes!
I plan to do further testing, to see how pressure/time affects toner transfer.

A quickie web site of how I made my press is located at:

http://ns1.dicomm.net/~axtein/PCB/PCB_Press.htm

Hope this may help you in your development:})




At 09:17 AM 1/14/2004, you wrote:
>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?
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>Derryck

Bubba

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axtein@...
LaGrange, GA

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