Jeremy
Is it not feasible, in the sense that it is impossible to make work, or is it not feasible as in it's a silly thing? ;)
It's not the chemicals that worry me much anymore. I'm still looking for a way to print the circuit image straight to the board. Putting it in the plate bath is not much different from putting it in the etchant. What I want to gain is taking the handling out of the circuit transfer.
I had two methods in the email. Do you know whether the 1st one, where just the traces are printed on the substrate , but interconnected in some manner, would work at plating the circuit? Is it correct that all areas that are to be plated need to be connected?
Thanks
Richard
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Taylor" <jeremy@e...> wrote:
> not feasible
> Doing something like this is like going backwards with trying to re-invent how to make PCBs not to mention the ink you'd inevitably waste . I think TT is the solution for people who cant or don't want to use a photo etch or hand drawn lines Photo etch or tin plate etch resist are the only ways - besides using an after process electroless copper to keep PTH from being ETH... or the slower milling of traces instead of etching.
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