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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: H200 laminator equivalent?

From: "Bill Maxwell" <wrmaxwell@...>
Date: 2004-09-17

I think you may well be correct Phil, given the likely costs, and that is
most likely what I will do personally but for purposes of completing the
exercise, I will carry through on attempting to find a H200 equivalent here
in the Antipodes.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <phil1960us@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:50 AM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: H200 laminator equivalent?


> the H200 doesn't have foil setting, per se, but it does have a
> settings for 3 and 5 MM. The 5MM setting kicks out a lot more heat.
>
> I think our friends down under might be better served by salvaging a
> laser printer for its fuser assembly. If I had to pay north of $100,
> I'd probably take a pass on the laminator.
>
> Phil
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <alienrelics@y...>
> wrote:
> > I think the key is finding a laminator with temp control that has a
> > "foil" setting. That setting is there specifically to melt toner.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Crowther"
> > <oxleyecclesia-leon@p...> wrote:
> > > Bill, firstly thanks for following up on this, I thought I had
> heard
> > > to last to my question. From my queries locally I have been told
> that
> > > the cheapies run at only about 120 degrees, from this group I
> gather
> > > the H200 is red hot and that is the first requirement. I have
> some
> > > PCB 0.25mm thick so I borrowed my son's laminator (a cheapie). I
> had
> > > no success getting any toner to adhere even from Time magazine
> paper,
> > > but with one exception, and that was from the oven paper
> suggested in
> > > this group.
>
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