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Re: Yahoo- Etching is getting MUCH better...

2005-09-09 by Phil

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@y...> wrote:
> I did look over my traces after removing the toner, no pin holes 
> that I could see with a loupe.  To make sure i was getting a good 
> look, I went outside where the sun is shining and looked again, very 
> good, solid, copper traces.  I don't know for sure if it is because 
> of the transfer paper I used or the heat gun - flash over of the 
> toner after transfer.  Either way, three boards, no pin holes which 
> for this cat is pretty darn exciting!
> 
> Chris
> 


That's good to know.  The biggest issue for me with pinholing is on
large areas of resist like ground planes.  I like to minimize the
amount of copper to remove - every area possible on my boards is
ground.  I'm about to crank up a couple of boards so I will try it out.

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