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Subject: vacuum transfer? (was Re: Questions about toner transfer method.

From: "Phil" <phil1960us@...>
Date: 2004-10-19

this is an interesting idea. Has anyone tried it? The bag should
stand up to the temperatures needed. It just remains to heat the
bag/board assembly. You could just iron the whole assembly though it
would be a sorry mess if you overshot the temperature. I wonder if an
infra-red heater bulb could do it?

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Earl T. Hackett, Jr."
<hacketet@c...> wrote:
> If you have a vacuum pump (even a good shop vac or vacuum cleaner)
you can put the board and the artwork in a Reynolds Aluminum 'Bake 'n
Bag", pull a vacuum and set the iron on it. That should generate much
more force (and much more unifom force at that) than you could ever
generate by hand.