Jan, worry not, I very much enjoy a good sense of humor!
As I am completely new to electronics and circuit board making etc.,
I have a very open mind to consider anything and everything. Some
how a number of years back, I learned that one MUST ASK about
everything,no matter how trivial. In this case, I think it is
pretty obvious I am looking for an alternative method of making
circuit boards. Nearly all, if not all, of the current processes
are subtractive processes, I am just looking at it from a different
point of view such as an additive process.
But, PLEASE, keep up the humor, it is a whole lot more fun
investigating this sort of thing when we can share some grins!
Chris
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/1/2005 9:49:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> lcdpublishing@y... writes:
>
> Once that material hardens (dries, cures, or whatever
> it does) is is hard and conductive? Could it be used to create a
> trace on a board, and then allow for soldering to it?
>
>
>
> Chris: What part of "SOLDER paste" don't you understand?
(LOL!!!) The
> stuff is made of flux and thousands of microscopic balls of
SOLDER, would you
> believe! It is "paste" so it can be PAINTED on, and it MELTS
and "solders
> things" (becomes shiny solder) which hardens by COOLING to the
non-molten state
> when the heat goes away. SIMPLE! No, it can NOT be used
to "make traces", as
> it would not adhere to the epoxy board, AND even if it did, it
would MELT
> AWAY as soon as you tried to solder a resistor to it! (HOPE
you don't get
> miffed by my sense of humor?)
>
>
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