My laminator is PG and that makes my laminator safe, I guess.
What you noticed about the bend of plates is a very valuable piece of
information. Are you using any shims to keep thos aluminum lips
apart? I don't thinks because you would have mentioned something.
The staples paper definitely sticks to traces- have you noticed a
post of Bob Weiss suggesting use of eraser to remove traces of paper?
How many times do you have to pass the 0.062 PCB before toner gets
transferred? Mike
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Radra" <infositeus@y...> wrote:
>
> In September I purchased the GBC® HeatSeal™ H200 Laminator
> from Staples for $99.99 as recommended by Frank Miller of Pulsar.
> After processing a couple of 0.031 inch PCBs, I decided to modify
it
> to accommodate the thicker 0.062 inch PCBs. I carefully followed
the
> TIA modifications provided on the Pulsar web site
> (http://pulsar.gs/).
>
> The directions are not easy to follow, but in all fairness it is
> difficult to describe this modification without use of pictures or
> diagrams. The modification took about an hour and a half; I can now
> do it again in much less time.
>
> Upon completion, I tried to run a 0.062 inch board thru it, but it
> jammed. Upon inspection, I discovered the leading edge of the board
> was hitting the edge of the lower guide plate ("outfeed plate") as
> the board exited the heating rollers. Both the upper and lower
plates
> have a bent edge facing the rollers. I was about to increase the
> bend on the lower plate when I noticed the upper plate had a
slightly
> sharper bend than the lower plate. So I simply swapped the plates
and
> found the 0.062 PCB could then be properly fed thru the laminator.
> All has been well since then.
>
> I am quite pleased with the performance of the laminator. It takes
> the guesswork out of implementing the toner transfer technique.
>
> Bye the way, I have successfully used two types of paper to do the
> transfer. The well known Staples picture paper for injet printers
> (Staples item 471861) has a high clay content which serves to
protect
> the toner. But the paper is somewhat difficult to remove requiring
a
> substantial amount of rubbing. After completion of the rubbing
> process, I have to use a sharp thin blade (Xacto knife) under a
> microscope to remove residual glue from the sides and corners of a
> few traces. The Epson photo paper for ink jet printers (Staples
item
> 380356) will eventually float off the PCB leaving the toner intact.
> This unprotected toner is more delicate than the clay covered toner
> left by the Staples paper but there is significantly less residual
> glue left on the PCB.
>
> Oh...before I forget, there is a recall notice on the H200 and H300
> laminators due to a faulty crimp connection. This connection can
> cause a short circuit that could bypass the temperature regulator
> circuit and both thermal fuses creating a potential fire hazard.
The
> recalled H200 laminators have serial numbers starting with "PI"
> or "PJ". GBC will replace laminators with these serial numbers
(call
> 800-541-0094).