If you had checked out the website before replying, you would have
seen that the unique part of the process is the "cutfoil". A
commercial adhesive backed copper product that is used for the
traces. The cutfoil is cut, weeded, and then the circuit is then
laminated to a substrate.
No etching required.
By the way, how narrow a trace can you achieve with cnc routing of
boards? And how narrow a trace does a home brewer really need?
Myc
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Alexandre Souza" <alexandre-
listas@e...> wrote:
> > I ran across a website that sells Roland Stika vinyl cutters
> > and "cutronics foil" for making pcb boards.
> > www.techsoftuk.co.uk
> > Check under software and "PCB design and make" for more info.
> > Futher googling found an upgrade kit to convert a dot matrix
printer
> > to a vinyl cutter.
> > This may be more practical (cheaper) than the cnc route.
> > I'm going to check out the local sign shops to see if they would
use
> > the cutronics foil. Or maybe look ing converting a plotter to cut
> > the foil.
> > Note: I have no vested interest with either Techsoft of Roland,
but
> > it seems like a clever idea.
>
> You can use even normal vinyl for that, but forget something
less than 40
> mils wide. I have one here, and the results are not so good. Stick
to thermal
> transfer instead.
>
>
>
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