Hi,
Looking around for cheap laminator, can anybody tell me if this is a
common modell with another brandname (Novitec)??
http://www.jula.se/Butik/assets/product_images/mellan/929006_b.jpgThis one is 500W and cost is only about $50
Any chance this is a H200? as I cannot find this type in Sweden.
Thanks
Bengt
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Alan King <alan@n...> wrote:
> KD5NWA wrote:
>
> > There are lots of laminators out there that are worthless. The
H200 works
> > so good because it heats the roller, many cheap ones have a
heater and then
> > it's pressed by cold rollers.
> >
> > I bought mine two years ago for $99 but about a week ago I
searched again
> > to check the price and see if it's still available and I found
it on the
> > Internet for $97 so look around you should be able to buy it for
less that
> > $100.
> >
> > At 07:57 PM 6/3/2005, you wrote:
> >
>
>
> This was GBC as well and heats the rollers, just low end GBC.
>
> Time to heat up is an ok rough indicator for what it can do,
heating up
> rollers in 4 minutes is not bad on the Xerox, I doubt the good GBC
does
> significantly better. Takes much more heating element to warm it
up fast than
> you need running for normal laminating usually so it's not cost
effective. And
> then copper board sucks far more heat than most materials being
laminated.
>
> Fuser is ready in 18 seconds. While it deals with a similar
small thermal
> mass for normal printing, it has a very high heating ability so
you don't have
> to wait even a minute to print. It'll easily cook the board if
you leave it
> full on. Probably destroy itself eventually too.
>
> Without rebuilding your laminator's electronics you still can't
have full
> control. Even slowing it down etc only lets you control the
temperature profile
> a little. If I want complete control to really test out the
transfer
> temperature envelope I may as well skip buying and rebuilding the
electronics of
> a laminator and just do the electronics and use a fuser, no more
work and I have
> the fusers laying around.
>
> Wouldn't suggest it for everyone but it makes sense for what I
want to do.
> Or at least as much sense as it can, considering it won't make
much sense for
> other reasons. Time involved vs the fact that I'll have money
coming in soon
> from an unrelated project means that soon I should probably never
even make a
> board by these methods again, just send and way a few days and
overlap working
> on something else.. But I'll screw with it anyway, the fuser from
the 6L is
> cool and I want to make it burn the heck out of a board now that I
see it.
> Should do other stuff, but I know I'll do this one since it looks
fun.
>
> Alan