On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:33:52 -0000, Bob_xyz <
bob_barr@...> wrote:
>
> Since scratch-etching sounds like it can (mostly) run unattended,
> the time that ∗you∗ have to spend may not be all that great. Granted,
> it may take a while to crank out a board. If it's a set-and-forget
> operation, though, I don't see the time being that big a problem
> when you're only doing a board or two.
> Regards, Bob
Bob, i made a boad yesterday from 12 to 1 in the night, 2-sided
smd/throughhole, both sides component legend, ground planes, about the
hardest you can get with tt.
Even not couning all the wait time for the plotter i don't believe you can
best the time or effort or lack of concentration tt requires once you are
familiar with it.
I don't say it's impossible, just that it didn't work out for me.
By the way - pre-heating the paper worked like a charm to eliminate all
visible distortion/shrinking problems. I just run the paper through the
fuser first.
ST